* 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.
* 狮笼打扫员西尔维斯特·史泰龙
永远的硬汉西尔维斯特·史泰龙曾受雇为狮笼打扫员。他15岁的时候曾被同学们推选为“最有可能在电椅上结束生命的人”。20世纪60年代,史泰龙入读迈阿密大学,但很快他就辍学,转而开始了他对演艺生涯的追求。从20世纪的70年代到90年代,他一直是全球最具票房号召力的影星之一,并成了男子气概和好莱坞动作片中英雄主义的代表。他曾扮演的两个人物形象已成了美国文化词汇的一部分,这两个人物分别是:克服重重阻碍、为爱和荣誉而战的拳击手洛基·巴尔博和擅长暴力救援和执行复仇任务的勇敢士兵约翰·兰博。