Naked Sylvester Stallone movie prop found in antique store
It was a “Rocky” horror.
An Australian shopper and her husband stumbled upon a bizarre Sylvester Stallone movie prop on sale for nearly $4,000 in an antique store.
Ceramicist Bae Bellingham was antiquing with her husband in Katoomba, New South Wales, when she discovered the naked latex replica of Stallone in the store’s basement, Newsweek reported.
“My husband and I were away for a couple of nights in Katoomba,” said Bellingham. “It’s a kooky village and the Katoomba Vintage Emporium is probably their kookiest antique store. Downstairs I took a picture of a weird screaming doll, and thought ‘yep, that’s the weirdest find of the day.’ “
Bellingham posted the photos to Instagram — but later deleted the disturbing images as she wasn’t aware of what they were. However, pictures of the prop soon went viral on Twitter with more than 11,700 likes.
Sly fans instantly recognized the prop from Stallone and Sandra Bullock’s 1993 action movie “Demolition Man” where the latex dummy of Stallone’s character — John Spartan — was put into cryogenic stasis.
The Post has reached out to Stallone, 75, for comment.
Twitter user Adam Howes confirmed the prop was one of several sold to the Planet Hollywood restaurant franchise and allegedly hung on a ceiling encased in plastic “ice.”
“During the ’90s, prop versions of Sylvester Stallone’s cryogenically frozen character in ‘Demolition Man’ hung from the ceilings of Planet Hollywood restaurants,” wrote Howes.
“It’s safe to assume its origin was the Sydney Planet Hollywood,” he later told Newsweek.
Only two Planet Hollywoods opened in Australia but they were permanently closed in 2002. “But after they went bust, it stayed on the premises which became the Star Bar until it shuttered its doors in 2020,” Howes added.
Bellingham admitted that she was not exactly the most devoted fan of Stallone’s cinematic oeuvre: “I have never seen ‘Demolition Man,’ ” she revealed. “I’m that infuriating person who can never remember the name or plot points of any movie … But I did recognize this as Sylvester Stallone, which given the state of this latex nightmare.”
According to Bellingham, the dummy was was a “car wreck you simply can’t look away from,” but is confident the prop will find a new home all the same.
“They say there’s a market for anything, you just gotta find the audience,” she said. “I better get a cut from the Emporium.”
Meanwhile, the real-life Stallone is going through a real-life nightmare of his own: The Oscar winner is engaged in a bitter divorce from his wife of 25 years, Jennifer Flavin.
On a professional front, Paramount+ dropped a sneak peek of Stallone as a New York mafia capo in his upcoming series “Tulsa King.” The veteran actor is set to star as mob boss Dwight “The General” Manfredi in the new show from “Yellowstone,” “Mayor of Kingstown” and “1883” creator Taylor Sheridan.
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