When Bob Clark's musical comedy Rhinestone was released in 1984, it pretty much flopped at the box office.
But there was one thing that came from the movie which nobody anticipated: an unlikely friendship between the film's lead actors, Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone.
Starring as characters Jake Farris and Nick, Parton plays a country star who must turn obnoxious New York cab driver Stallone into a singer, as part of a bet.
The Rocky star's singing, however, was one of the most questionable parts of the movie, with Parton herself later admitting the country songs were probably not well suited for her famous co-star.
But one thing which couldn't be contested? The undeniable chemistry the two shared both on screen, and off.
"When I met him, I loved him instantly," Parton says in the Evening Magazine interview clip, recorded back in '84. "I think we just struck up a wonderful lasting friendship."
She goes on to describe days on set together as a 'joy', telling the presenter, "I loved his energy and his personality.
"He was very protective of me."
Stallone interrupts to add, "I'll never forget, the first time I came in the door she was dressed all in black and had a meat cleaver", which sends both women into a fit of laughter.
The friendly banter the two share is obvious, as Stallone turns to Parton and tells her jokingly: "I mean, you are the most absurd thing I ever seen, and I am sure I am the most absurd you ever [seen]".
His country co-star cuts in to gush about working with him to the interviewer.
"I was really impressed with him, because I wondered myself, because of the role he played, if he would be funny. If he really could do comedy."
But Parton swiftly adds: "And he had me laughing, I couldn't even do my scenes– they just left my laughing in, because I was laughing in places were I wasn't supposed to. I was supposed to be acting.
"He absolutely tickles me to death. He's a crazy person.
The interviewer comments on the way Dolly seems to keeps Stallone in line, asking the actor if it's always been that way.
"She's very tribal, you know like the African baboons, they're grooming, they're picking," he answers, gesturing theatrically as Parton giggles beside him.
"I'm always like being cleaned up. She's wonderful that way. She's really wonderful."
Dolly adds: "I know how pretty you want to look."
The two spend a moment joking about Dolly's obsessive ways, with Stallone quipping: "If she had 92 children they'd never get to school. They'd be like graduating college, still hadn't left yet," as he pretends to pick at himself.
