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TIL Sylvester Stallone said that whilst shooting critically-panned D-Tox (2006) the teamsters met the cast at airport holding signs saying DETOX, making it look like Kris Kristofferson, Tom Berenger and Stallone were all going into rehab rather than a film shoot.

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