Anyone hear this story? It's on a cannon documentary. Apparently Sylvester Stallone dropped by the set when they were making this and told someone "you gave him lines?" when talking about Lundgren.
Yeah, about three lines! But sure, he's just joking.
Lundgren wasn't that bad of an actor. You watch Chris Hemsworth as Thor (basically He Man in all but name) and his performance is as wooden as a mannequin. Lundgren at least was a likable guy onscreen, I really bought him as a hero and his delivery was good enough.
He was my C.O. in Nam. CIA listed him as MIA but the V.A. ID'd his M.O. and put out an APB.
yes, I think he was mostly joking and Stallone has talked about that all the 80s action guys were fighting for roles. That's the reason Arnold and Sly didn't work together in the 80's. Stallone was the biggest reason why Dolph got a role in the expendable movies.