In fact, Sylvester admits that the duo actually really hated each other amid their box office rivalry in the 1980s and 1990s.
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"We couldn’t stand to be in the same galaxy together for a while. We truly, truly loathed each other," Sylvester said on a recent episode of The Jonathan Ross Show.
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So, while Sylvester was starring in flicks like Cobra and Tango & Cash and Arnold was making headlines for Conan the Barbarian and The Terminator, the pair let their competitive instincts get the best of them.
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"This may sound a little vain, but I think we were pioneering a kind of genre at that time, and it hasn’t been seen since really," Sylvester explained to Forbes.
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He continued, "So, the competition, because it’s his nature, he is very competitive, and so am I…and I just thought it actually helped, but off-screen, we were still competitive, and that was not a healthy thing at all."
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Since then, he says he's "become really good friends" with Arnold, and they've even shared the screen in films like The Expendables and Escape Plan.
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Although it was a rocky road to their friendship, it sounds like these two realized it was more effective to team up than be bitter rivals!
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