Rambo was meant to die. Sylvester Stallone’s traumatised Vietnam vet – harassed by small-town cops for being a bit scruffy and triggered into fighting a one-man war – was supposed to shoot himself.
John Rambo, as portrayed by actor Sylvester Stallone, is a controversial character. When he first appeared in 1982's "First Blood," an adaptation of David Morrell's 1972 novel of the same name, the ...