Unmarried John changed his name by deed poll in 1988 when he was 20 – the year the third film came out.
He said: “I was mad on all the Rambo films at the time. I was 14, 17 and 20 when they came out and it was when the last one came out that I changed my name.
“People had already nicknamed me Rambo. I had a really short fuse and I always wore a bandana.
“I thought Rambo was great and we were so similar I knew I was just the real-life version of the character.
“The name was the only thing missing and once I changed that I really was John Rambo.” It is not just John’s name that makes him stand out from the crowd as a real-life action hero.
Wearing a bandana and combat trousers he is the spitting image of Sylvester Stallone’s character in the popular films.
He said: “I’ve always worn something on my head, usually a cap, but I started wearing a bandana too.
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dave // February 24, 2008 at 7:46 am |
Ha ha! He looks more like the Australian idiot in Commando than the mighty Rambo!