Yes
His father was a barber, his mother astrofolk
At the delivery, the doctor had to use two pairs of pliers to get him out
This has damaged the nerves and caused paralysis in part of his face
At four, he was flat-footed, his mother enrolled him in a stepping-stone course
Parents divorced when he was 9
When he was 16, he did not get it at school and his mother took him to a brigade to her beauty salon.
Stallone got his first role in light porn in the feature film Italian Stallion (1970) got paid $ 200 for a two-day job
He made a film of despair, then was expelled from his apartment. He was a homeless for several days
He spent three weeks sleeping at New York’s port bus station before seeing a casting film invitation
“It was either doing the movie or robbing someone because I was at the end – the end of my life.”
He sold his dog, Butcus for $ 50 because he was unable to feed him. He faced alcohol before someone agreed to buy it.
March 24, 1975 Sallone saw the struggle of Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner, who inspired him with the basic idea of a new film
He called it “ROCKY”
That night he came home and after three days, twenty hours spent, he had a script written. He tried to sell the script in several studies and wanted to play the lead role himself.
One studio offered him $ 125,000 on the condition that he would cast Robert Redford or Burt Reynolds into the lead role.
Even though he was broken, he refused. He insisted on being the main hero.
A week later they raised the bid to $ 325,000, rejecting it again.
Eventually, they agreed to be in the lead, but only for $ 35,000.
He cut the guy who bought his dog and bought Butcus back for $ 3,000. Butcus also starred in the film.
When he was boxing in a frozen meat scene, he thrashed into the flesh so hard and for so long that he had flattened his knuckles. To this day, when the fist is tightened, it is completely flat.
The film was shot in 28 days.
Rocky was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Actor and Stallone’s Most Original Screenplay.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Direction and Best Editing.
Known for physically demanding roles, he wanted to make his own pieces. He suffered many injuries during his career.
For a scene in Rocky IV, he told Dompha Lundgren. “I’m slapping my chest as hard as you can.”
“Another thing I remember being in the intensive care unit at St. John’s Hospital, where I stayed for four days.”
In recent years, he has begun to show tattoos on his shoulders, chest and back to cover the scars he has gained over years of acting in action movies.
Philadelphia has a Rocky statue permanently located near the museum.
He is the third person in the history to be nominated for Academy Award for best screenplay and best actor for the same film by Charles Chaplin and Orson Wells.
What makes you the most of the world around you
The challenge, everything is … I just love it.
You know, I love to say “NO”, that’s for me “YES”
You know.
For you? “Yes”
What do you think? “The lack of enthusiasm really hurts me.”
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