Naked Sylvester Stallone film prop found in antique store: ‘Latex nightmare’
nypost.comNewsweek 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.
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