re: I Play Rocky • Sylvester Stallone Biopic • Anthony Ippolito & Matt Dillon

I wonder if this was pitched as a follow up to the Offer for paramount and they opted for the movie instead.

looks awesome

When Stallone came out with Rocky IV, some guy who had sent Sly a script sued him saying he used his idea of Rocky fighting a Russian from his script. Sly remembered he had done an interview with the SMU newspaper after Rocky III where he told them the only other movie he wanted to make with Rocky would be one one about him fighting a Russian. He knew he did that interview before the guy even wrote his script.

My buddy was the guy that interviewed Stallone for the SMU article. Because he took some journalism classes at SMU when he was getting a marketing degree, he was Sly's star witness at the trial. Stallone put him up in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for the duration of the trial, had his attorney pay for every meal he ate and had dinner with him after the trial was over. He told my friend he was so glad he asked him if Rocky III was the end or could there be more when he did because it was the only time he'd mentioned the idea publicly. I thought it was weird that Stallone didn't tell anyone else on the Rocky III publicity tour about the Rocky fights a Russian idea. My buddy said he's a good interviewer. He used his marketing degree to make a living, but worked a side job, with me covering Cowboy, Rangers, Maverick and Stars games. I let Jeff Russell and Goldie Hawn follow me to the media lounge where Cuban and visiting owners like the Maloof brothers hung out at halftime, but I never got a trip anywhere.

Maybe these same guys can make a sequel about the trail and call it I Saved Stallone! I can't wait for the scene where the friend calls me to tell me about where he was eating that night.

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I Play Rocky

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He left his first wife after he made the film and married.
Talia Shire.
Also he didnt work. At all. Infact he would skip out and hunker down in the library reading edgar allen poe.
That is where he wrote his first script.

Everyone thought the dude was a straight bum. Even his wife. Esp. after he pawned the ring and his dog.

Sounds forced to me, he does sound similar, but I can close my eyes and tell he's forcing it

Looks amazing

Apparently Stallone has nothing to do with this movie. I read an interview where he said he didnt even know it was being made.

Edit: He ultimately read the script and gave it his blessing. But he isnt involved in any way, not even as an advisor.

That is surprising.