Is This Why Seth Rogen Trashed Sylvester Stallone?

Most actors would kill for Sylvester Stallone’s Hollywood career.

“Rocky.” “First Blood.” “Cop Land.” “Creed.” “Cliffhanger.” “Rocky Balboa.” “Rocky II, III and IV.”

He’s been an icon for decades, and his Paramount+ series “Tulsa King” proved he can still draw a crowd. Yes, there were clunkers along the way, including “Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot,” “Rhinestone” and “Driven.”

Few stars can match his screen presence, durability and star power. He risked everything for his big break, refusing to sell the “Rocky” screenplay so another star could play the Italian Stallion.

That took guts. Even better? People love Stallone, the movie star.

Period.

Tell that to Seth Rogen and Ike Barinholtz. The two took turns teeing off on Stallone during a new podcast conversation.

Seth Rogen says Sylvester Stallone has only made four good movies.

“What’s the over/under on actual good Stallone movies? I think it’s like four.” – Ike

“Demolition Man. Tango and Cash is enjoyable, but it’s not a good movie.” – Seth

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Barinholtz: “What’s the over/under on actual good Stallone movies? I think it’s like four.”

Rogen: Number one, by far, is ‘Demolition Man’ … number two, ‘Tango and Cash.’ … but it’s not a good movie.”

Barinholtz: ‘Rocky.’ ‘First Blood.’ ‘Cop Land.’ And ‘Rocky III.’

Rogen copped to the “Rocky” saga’s excellence, but he’s not a sports fan so he dismissed them.

Barinholtz: “I’m gonna throw a little shade. Stallone maybe not as good as Schwarzenegger. Not even f***ing close … ‘Predator’ alone is better than anything Stallone has made.”

Rogen: “Stallone has no ‘Terminator 2,’ or ‘True Lies.’ Schwarzenegger is in legit great movies.”

Barinholtz: “Stallone made a run of movies from 1997 to 2012 … Do you remember ‘Driven?’ Do you remember ‘Daylight?'”

Art is subjective, of course. It’s still odd to hear two prominent actors trash a peer, especially one who is still alive, well and actively working.

So … why?

Here’s an educated guess, given the political nature of the stars in question.

Stallone ended decades of apolitical commentary following President Donald Trump’s re-election. Stallone praised the two-term president, comparing him to the “second George Washington.”

That’s a cartoonish take, but it signaled that Stallone felt comfortable enough to share his right-leaning views.

That hasn’t stopped Stallone from working. He’s still making movies and continuing with “Tulsa King,” putting him in a similar category with Jon Voight, Tim Allen and Kelsey Grammer. 

They’re too big, too established to be canceled by Hollywood. They’ve been grandfathered in, to a degree.

It still put a target on his back, one both Rogen and Barinholtz were all too eager to hit. Rogen once refused to take photographs with a Republican politician’s children. Barinholtz created the far-Left movie “The Oath.”

Stars are generally kind to one another in public. They know they may work together down the road. They also understand how difficult the business is, even in the best of times.

It’s why such a tiny subset of actors have been publicly trashed over the years, like Val Kilmer (before his health crisis went public).

It’s OK to trash Stallone, though. And we all suspect why.