Hope welcomes people from around the world when Rambo: First Blood 40th anniversary celebrations take place over the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. One of the people coming to town is Patrick Stack, who played a small but memorable role in the legendary film.

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Rambo: First Blood was a serious movie with knives and guns and a triggered Vietnam vet on the run from the law.

Inserted into that drama and tension is a humorous scene featuring Patrick Stack. In his role as Lt. Clinton Morgen, Stack leads a group of National Guardsmen into the woods in pursuit of Rambo. Though they outnumber him, MorgenB次元官网网址檚 men know theyB次元官网网址檙e overmatched. When they pin him down at the entrance to a mining shaft, two of his men refuse MorgenB次元官网网址檚 order to move in.

B次元官网网址淩ambo! This is Lt. Clinton Morgen, National Guard leader. IB次元官网网址檓 giving you just three zero seconds to come on out!B次元官网网址� he yells, before asking one of his men where the rocket launcher is. One of MorgenB次元官网网址檚 men grabs the rocket launcher and scores a direct hit to the mine shaft entrance.

Moments later, assuming Rambo is dead (spoiler, he isnB次元官网网址檛), they pose for a celebratory pic.

StackB次元官网网址檚 performance through the entire scene is perfect. He is hilariously oblivious/overconfident and the effect is akin to a mouse telling a tiger heB次元官网网址檚 coming to get him.

B次元官网网址淭hat was the intention of the director, Ted Kotcheff, to throw in a little comic relief to let the air out of the tire a little bit,B次元官网网址� Stack said. B次元官网网址淚t was the very first movie role I had where I wasnB次元官网网址檛 saying B次元官网网址楬elloB次元官网网址� or picking up somebodyB次元官网网址檚 bag in the background, and it seems to be a moment in the film that people tend to remember. IB次元官网网址檝e got a lot of mileage out of what is ostensibly a pretty small part.

B次元官网网址淔orty years later and here we are, still talking about Lt. Clinton Morgen.B次元官网网址�

Stack was never in Hope for the filming of First Blood. His scene was shot in Vancouver, so when he comes to town for the 40th anniversary celebration, itB次元官网网址檒l be his first visit.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 very excited to be invited up, but my first reaction was, B次元官网网址榃ait a minute. You couldnB次元官网网址檛 get anyone else?B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址� Stack laughed. B次元官网网址淏ut IB次元官网网址檓 honoured someone thought of me, and itB次元官网网址檚 going to be a lot of fun.B次元官网网址�

Stack admits heB次元官网网址檚 biased, but he believes First Blood was the best of the five Rambo films released between 1982 and 2019.

B次元官网网址淚n First Blood, the only character to die was Galt (played by Jack Starret), the cop who fell out of the helicopter, and that was almost accidental,B次元官网网址� Stack noted. B次元官网网址淨uickly, the body count ramped up significantly with the rest of the Rambo films. First Blood relied mostly on story as opposed to the mayhem you see with most action movies, and thatB次元官网网址檚 what made it stand out.B次元官网网址�

That and the performances of lead actors Sylvester Stallone (Rambo) and StackB次元官网网址檚 good friend Brian Dennehy (Sheriff Will Teasle), who died last year. It was Dennehy who got Stack his role in the film.

B次元官网网址淭here were certain roles he was made for and this was one of them,B次元官网网址� Stack said. B次元官网网址淗e could play heavy. He could play threatening. He could play B次元官网网址榊ou better not cross this guyB次元官网网址� better than anybody. The chemistry between those two guys (Dennehy and Stallone), with the story line and Ted KotcheffB次元官网网址檚 direction, really made the movie.B次元官网网址�

Stack wishes Dennehy could have joined him in Hope.

B次元官网网址淏rian was a very good friend to me for all the years I knew him and he is very sadly missed, and I think he would have thought this 40th anniversary celebration was pretty darn cool.B次元官网网址�

eric.welsh@theprogress.com
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