Editing Rocky IV (section)

===Filming===
[[Wyoming]] doubled for the frozen expanse of Russia. The small farm where Rocky lived and trained was in [[Jackson Hole]],<ref name="parentpreviews/about-the-morgans">{{cite web |last1=Bennett |first1=Kerry |title=Did You Hear About The Morgans? |url=https://parentpreviews.com/movie-reviews/did-you-hear-about-the-morgans |website=Parent Previews |access-date=26 July 2023 |date=15 March 2010}}</ref> and [[Grand Teton National Park]] was used for filming many of the outdoor sequences in the Soviet Union. The [[PNE Agrodome]] at [[Hastings Park]] in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]] served as the location of Rocky's Moscow bout.

Sylvester Stallone has stated that the original punching scenes filmed between him and Dolph Lundgren in the first portion of the fight are completely authentic. Stallone wanted to capture a realistic scene and Lundgren agreed that they would engage in legitimate sparring. One particularly forceful punch to Stallone's chest slammed his heart against his breastbone, causing the heart to swell. Stallone, suffering from labored breathing and a blood pressure over 200, was flown from the set in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]] to [[Saint John's Health Center|Saint John's Regional Medical Center]] in [[Santa Monica]], [[California]] and was forced into intensive care for eight days. Stallone later commented that he believed Lundgren had the athletic ability and talent to fight in the professional heavyweight division of boxing.<ref name="AICN">{{cite web |url=https://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/30932 |title=Stallone Interview With Ain't It Cool News |publisher=AICN |access-date=January 25, 2007}}</ref> Producer Winkler describes the exact same event in his autobiography, observing not Lundgren, rather, "Sly took a punch from a [[stand-in]] fighter and ended up in the emergency room with his blood pressure dangerously high."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Winkler |first=Irwin |title=A Life in Movies |publisher=Abrams Press |year=2019 |isbn=9781683355281 |location=New York|pages=111}}</ref>

Additionally, Stallone has stated that Lundgren nearly forced Carl Weathers to quit during the filming of the Apollo vs. Drago exhibition fight. At one point in the filming of the scene, Lundgren tossed Weathers into the corner of the boxing ring. Weathers shouted profanities at Lundgren while leaving the ring and announced that he was calling his agent and quitting the movie. Only after Stallone forced the two actors to reconcile did filming continue. The event caused a four-day work stoppage, while Weathers was talked back into the part and Lundgren agreed to tone down his aggressiveness.<ref name="AICN"/>