Pete McMurray Show

A new Rambo book reveals wild behind-the-scenes moment, "Kirk Douglas was assigned to play (the colonel)..he shows up... with his own version of the script he'd written. And both Stallone and the director said you're not going to change the character!"

Episode Notes

Nat Segaloff joined us to talk about his new book The Rambo Report: Five Films, Three Books, One Legend

Nat talks:
-Brian Dennehy played the Sheriff 
-Stallone did not want veterans watching the movie 
-Kirk Douglas was assigned to pay the role Richard Crenna plays (the colonel), but he shows up on the set with his on version of the script he'd written.  And both Stallone and the director said you're not going to change the character.  So he left!
-Rambo was an apple 

Discussing his other work
-John Belushi and how Jane Curtin was upset with Lorne Michaels