on the set of the james bond film "a view to a kill", jones suggested that he try out for a part in the film, which led to his feature film debut playing the very minor role of a suited kgb henchman named venz. in the film, lundgren appears in the scene in which the kgb's general gogol (walter gotell) confronts max zorin (christopher walken) about leaving the kgb, at a racing ground and ends in a minor brawl in which lundgren's character venz points a gun at zorin. roger moore, in his last performance as james bond, once memorably said, "dolph is larger than denmark". lundgren found the entertainment business more attractive and rewarding than chemical engineering, so he decided to pursue a career in acting despite having no formal training. upon learning that sylvester stallone was seeking an imposing fighter to play ivan drago in "rocky iv" (1985), lundgren sent videos and pictures of himself to a distant contact of stallone, eventually reaching him. lundgren tried out for the role, but as he himself has stated, he was initially turned down because he was too tall.