ROCKY - STALLONE HIRES BODY DOUBLE FOR RAMBO

After bulking up for the last ROCKY film and recently being charged with hormone imports in Australia, it seems ageing actor SYLVESTER STALLONE has finally given up and has hired a young body double for his new movie.

One of the actor's most famous roles, that of JOHN RAMBO, is set to be reprised in a new movie about the troubled Vietnam war veteran, although Stallone himself has had to hire help to make him look 30 years younger.

The hardman last played the role in RAMBO 3 in 1988, but 20 years later he will again take up the long hair and gun-packed attire for another bash at the action film franchise.

And, being 60, Stallone has had to hire a 30-year-old body double to cover the shots he is now unable to do himself.

Nevertheless, Stallone, who is also directing the picture, is hoping it will be as much of a critical and financial success as his last return to the big screen with old character ROCKY in the film ROCKY BALBOA earlier this year.