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“I couldn’t be happier as I step back because my story has been told, there’s a whole new world that’s going to be opening up with the audience, with this generation,” Stallone said. In the speech, Stallone explains how he's passing the mantle of the franchise to Jordan. I love you kind and generous people, and the most wonderful thing of all is that ROCKY will never die because he lives on in you.” Though it breaks my heart, sadly all things must pass… and end. “It’s been my ultimate privilege to have been able to create and play this meaningful character. (Sevanand Gaddala is a writer on cinema.“I just want to thank everyone around the whole wide world for taking the Rocky family into their hearts for over 40 years,” Stallone wrote in a caption alongside a video of him giving a speech to the Creed II crew. It just might be one last punch from Stallone. This might seem heroic or just plain desperate. He even launched a magazine called Sly, which aimed to appeal to men over 40 but it featured him on every cover.Īnd in 2006, 16 years after Rocky V, Stallone went back to what has always worked for him and which shadow he sought to creep out of.Īt the ripe old age of 60, Stallone is back in the ring in Rocky Balboa. The only bright spot movie-wise was the 1993 action hit Cliffhanger.
He spent an awful amount of time in the Planet Hollywood restaurant with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore. In one of his more reflective moments, he confessed that he had been arrogant and selfish. He starred in comedy bombs like Oscar and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.
ROCKY BALBOA SPEECH BEFORE GETTING IN RING SERIES
The first in the Rambo series First Blood was released and was the only other hit where he wasn't playing the boxer Rocky.īut things got worse for him as he strode into the 90s. The year 1982 was an especially good year for him. He starred in Nighthawks and Escape to Victory but tasted very little success.
ROCKY BALBOA SPEECH BEFORE GETTING IN RING DRIVER
And then in what has to be highest point in his life, Rocky won Best Picture at the Oscars, beating out such classics as Taxi Driver and All the President's Men.įrom then on Stallone's career can be surmised as an all-out effort to break the Rocky spell.
ROCKY BALBOA SPEECH BEFORE GETTING IN RING MOVIE
The movie went on to gross more than a billion dollars and he was being hailed as the next Marlon Brando.
He trained intensely and watched over every detail of the movie. He rounded up actors who didn't mind working for peanuts. Stallone's heroic struggle to get this picture made is the stuff of legend and he has never matched that kind of respect he earned then. At his lowest point, he took part in a porno film for $200. By the time he was 16 he had attended 20 schools.Įven when he went out to try acting he did not have a good start.
Therapy and even some religious exposure did not help much. He also had a speech impediment that would take years to overcome.Īt school he was horrible in studies, was insulted and beaten up. A nerve above his jaw was severed which caused his eyelids to droop. He had a rough childhood and was not spared even in his birth. So, he might be popular and loved but not respected. In retrospect, Stallone just did not have the gumption to go the artist way. Stallone started out being passionate about more avant-garde material but his fame and audience expectations pulled him back to the more mindless action fare. Throughout his career he tried to break the Rocky stereotype only to now most recently return to star in Rocky Balboa. Notwithstanding worst awards, he is world famous, an icon and has made a lot of money. He has the dubious distinction of getting 30 Razzie nominations and 10 wins. Yes, he is an Academy Award winner but was also declared the worst actor of the century by the Razzie awards. It is hard to take Sylvester Stallone seriously.
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