On This DayJackie Chan, Sly Stallone among stars at 1994 Planet Hollywood opening – SCMP archive
On this day 32 years ago, a star-studded night with Bruce Willis, van Damme and others launched Asia’s first Planet Hollywood in Hong Kong
Rickshaw rider Sly comes in for some tough questioning
By Alison Wiseman
This article was first published on May 30, 1994
Tough-guy Sylvester Stallone came in for some even tougher questioning as he drew up to the Planet Hollywood launch party in a maiden drawn rickshaw last night (May 29, 1994).
But when compere Paul Fonoroff asked him if his entrance was politically correct he managed to come up with an answer.
“Politically correct? I don’t know ... but it felt great,” mused Sly.
“Anyway, who am I to go against custom,” he added, after a little thought.
But it was then to the long-awaiting crowds in Canton Road that he turned, and caused near pandemonium when he went walk-about, although the bodyguards were never far away to ensure that things didn’t get out of hand.
Would-be star-gazers began staking out their vantage points at about 4.30 pm as police closed off the road to traffic, only to find they had almost four hours to go before somebody approaching a major celebrity rolled up.