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The Real-Life Soldier & Actor Who Inspired Stallone's Rambo
Audie Murphy is the soldier and actor who inspired the creation of First Blood's Rambo. Sylvester Stallone was far from the first choice to play Rambo in 1982's First Blood, an adaptation of author David Morrell's novel. The book saw a Vietnam vet with severe PTSD launch a bloody war on a small town when he's harassed and bullied by the local sheriff. The Rambo featured in Morrell's First Blood had no issue killing those he saw as enemies, but when Stallone signed on, he felt audiences would have more sympathy for the character if these elements were removed.