Maltese actor runs into Sylvester Stallone while holidaying in Hollywood

Maltese actor Manuel Cutajar has seen one of his life-long dreams come true after running into international movie star Sylvester Stallone.

Cutajar was enjoying some sushi in a Hollywood restaurant when he ran into the Rocky Balboa and Rambo star.

“Meeting Sylvester Stallone was a dream I had all my life, done,” Cutajar wrote on his Facebook wall.

Maltese actor Manuel Cutajar posted a photo of himself with the Rambo actor

Meanwhile international papers were quick to report the celebrity sighting, with the Daily Mail using the posts to point out the 70-year-old’s physical fitness.

Stallone is best known for his roles in multiple action films including seven Rocky Balboa films, ranging from 1976 to 2015, four Rambo films released between 1982 and 2008, and the more recent The Expendables films, released between 2010 and 2014. The actor wrote, co-wrote and directed many of the previously mentioned movies, and he was nominated for two Acadeny Awards in 1977 for Rocy; one for Best Original Screenplay and the other for Best Actor.