 According to the documentary  _We Get to Win This Time (2002) (V)_ (qv), the producers considered  teaming up Sylvester Stallone (qv) with his  _Staying Alive (1983)_ (qv) protégé John Travolta (qv) as Rambos  young partner in rescuing the American POWs. Stallone nixed this  idea when he decided it would be better to make the film a solo  project.