Hollywood star reveals how Pele broke his finger while on set
- Pele and Sylvester Stallone were once on set for a movie back in 1981
- The film Escape to Victory featured the Brazilian footballer and the American actor
- The Santos icon broke Stallone's finger while trying to save his penalty kick
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Pele once broke Hollywood icon Sylvester Stallone's finger while shooting the movie Escape to Victory back in 1981.
The movie was about a group of prisoners captured in war who ended playing a football match against a selected team.
Pele and Stallone starred in the film but the American actor revealed that he broke his finger while trying to save a penalty shot from the football legend.
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The Oscar Award winning actor who is currently promoting his movie Grudge Match was quoted by The Sun on how the whole incident happened on set.
"That was one of the low points of my life.
"I still have a broken finger from trying to block a penalty by Pele.
"He put on a pair of World War II shoes, which were steel-tipped, and the ball was like a cannonball - it was twice as thick and heavy as footballs are today.
"He was telling me he was going to take a shot and I thought 'It's soccer, what's the big deal? It's easy.'
"He came to take one penalty shot and he told me exactly where he was going to put it, so I stood there but the ball still flew past me before I could move.
"He put it literally right where he had said. He did it again, and it ripped through the back of the net and broke a window in the barracks where we were filming. I went 'Are you kidding me?' I found a new kind of respect."
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Brazilian football legend Pele has received his COVID-19 vaccine in his home city of Santos and has expressed gratitude after he was injected in his right arm, Daily Mail.
The Santos icon took to his 5.7million followers on his Instagram handle to say "Today is an unforgettable day.
"I received the vaccine. But the pandemic is not over yet. We must keep discipline to preserve lives until many people have taken the vaccine.
"Please continue to wash your hands and stay home if possible. When you go out please don't forget your mask and maintain social distance. This will pass if we can think of others and help each other."
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