![]() According to Morrell, “I took a bite of the apple and discovered that it was in fact delicious. While writing the book, the author was struggling with what to name his main character when one day he had an apple as a snack. In the book the character didn’t have a first name, but in the movie he was given the full name John Rambo. ![]() Morrell named the character “Rambo” after a type of apple cultivated by a 17th-century Swedish settler named Peter Gunnarson Rambo. RAMBO IS NAMED AFTER AN APPLE AND A POET.įirst Blood (1982) was adapted from writer David Morrell’s 1972 novel of the same name. Happy 70th birthday, Sylvester Stallone! In honor of the big guy's big day, we thought we’d round up a few facts you may not have known about one of Sly’s most iconic characters.
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