<p id=”par-1_56″>Dolly Parton had both Sylvester Stallone and Burt Reynolds <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-wanted-more-romance-when-acting-with-burt-reynolds-im-talking-about-love-scenes.html/”>as love interests</a> in film roles throughout the ’80s. Her chemistry with both men led to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-admitted-having-affair-happier.html/”>rumors of affairs</a>, which Parton coyly denied. She said she liked working with both actors, and they reminded her of each other. She said she gelled with Stallone’s personality more, though.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-dolly-parton-compared-working-with-sylvester-stallone-and-burt-reynolds”>Dolly Parton compared working with Sylvester Stallone and Burt Reynolds</h2>
<p id=”par-2_47″>Though Parton is primarily a singer, she <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-hated-many-of-the-movie-roles-she-was-offered-i-was-amazed-at-how-little-talent-there-is.html/”>began a film career</a> in the 1980s. Reynolds was her co-star in <em>The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas</em>, and Stallone starred alongside her in <em>Rhinestone. </em>Parton said that they were similar in one way, but Stallone stood out to her.</p>
<p id=”par-3_57″>“Both he and Burt are egomaniacs, but Sly is the perfect balance of total ego and total insecurity,” she said, per the book <em>Dolly on Dolly</em>. “I see how his mind works. If you were in love with him, he’d pick out all your weaknesses and either use them to help you or use them against you.”</p>
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<p id=”par-4_26″>She said that when they first met, she asked Stallone not to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-hypersensitive-kind-criticism.html/”>pick her apart</a> like he did with other people. This helped them get along.</p>
<p id=”par-5_34″>“He was so funny that he’d make me laugh until I’d lose my breath and beg him to stop,” she said. “He’s really fun to work with — he’s nuts, sick, crazy, a scream!”</p>
<p id=”par-6_18″>She said that while she found Stallone “pretty to look at,” she didn’t think he was her type.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-she-did-not-like-filming-the-best-little-whorehouse-in-texas”>She did not like filming ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’</h2>
<p id=”par-7_50″>Parton also had a high opinion of Reynolds, despite rumors that he was <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/the-best-little-whorehouse-in-texas-dolly-parton-burt-reynolds-difficult-work-with.html/”>a dark cloud</a> on the set of <em>The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas</em>. She noted that there were “sensitive times when things were said — not meaning to — that brought tears to his or my eyes.”</p>
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<p id=”par-8_35″>Parton explained that the project was <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-said-worked-best-little-whorehouse-texas-losers-fun-project.html/”>a miserable one</a> for everyone, and not just because of Reynolds. She was dealing with health problems at the time, and her close relationship with her band leader collapsed.</p>
<p id=”par-9_58″>“We were all ultimately losers in one way or another,” she wrote in her book <em>Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business</em>. “It was not a fun project for anybody involved. Not for Burt [Reynolds], not for me, certainly not for Richard Baskin or Gregg Perry. I still feel responsible for that situation and the pain it caused.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-dolly-parton-said-sylvester-stallone-helped-her-nbsp”>Dolly Parton said Sylvester Stallone helped her </h2>
<p id=”par-10_33″>While Parton struggled through the filming of <em>The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas</em>, she had a much more enjoyable time working on <em>Rhinestone. </em>She said Stallone’s presence in her life <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/dolly-parton-says-sylvester-stallone-flop-movie-helped-get-life-back-track-worst-period-life.html/”>helped her heal</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-11_52″>“Even though the movie didn’t do that well, that was one of my greatest projects,” Parton told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/interview-dolly-parton-2-237948/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Rolling Stone</a>. “Because Stallone was so full of life and so crazy and so funny, and he made me laugh a lot, which was real healthy for me. That movie got me back on track.”</p>
<p id=”par-12_15″><em>Rhinestone </em>was a critical failure, but Parton said she still looks back on it fondly.</p>