* Sylvester Stallone, the lion cage cleaner
Sylvester Stallone, always the tough guy, was once employed as a lion cage cleaner. At 15, his classmates voted him the one “most likely to end up in the electric chair.”In the 1960s, Stallone attended the University of Miami but soon he dropped out and began his pursuing of acting career. He became one of the biggest box office draws in the world from the 1970s to the 1990s, as well as an icon of machismo and Hollywood action heroism. He has played two characters that have become a part of the American cultural lexicon: Rocky Balboa, the boxer who overcame all odds to fight for love and glory, and John Rambo, a brave soldier who specialized in violent rescue and revenge missions.
* 獅籠打掃員西爾維斯特·史泰龍
永遠的硬漢西爾維斯特·史泰龍曾受雇為獅籠打掃員。他15歲的時候曾被同學們推選為“最有可能在電椅上結束生命的人”。20世紀60年代,史泰龍入讀邁阿密大學,但很快他就輟學,轉而開始了他對演藝生涯的追求。從20世紀的70年代到90年代,他一直是全球最具票房號召力的影星之一,并成了男子氣概和好萊塢動作片中英雄主義的代表。他曾扮演的兩個人物形象已成了美國文化詞匯的一部分,這兩個人物分別是:克服重重阻礙、為愛和榮譽而戰的拳擊手洛基·巴爾博和擅長暴力救援和執行復仇任務的勇敢士兵約翰·蘭博。