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Sylvester Stallone Was A "Terrible Choice" For "Rocky"
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2015
- Sylvester Stallone stuck to his guns when he was trying to sell the screenplay for "Rocky," refusing to give it up unless he was given the title role, even though he says was a "terrible choice."
No One could have played Rocky better than Stallone. Amazing actor with great charisma
Joe Pesci could have done better.
Ad Rock Was Pesci already well known in 1976 (when Rocky was filmed)?
@Huma17 if it wasn't for that lip thing he would be respected far more than he is now. What's weird is he got this far in spite of it. He's by no measure dumb, quite the opposite, he knows his craft. More than most actors I'd say given his experience as screenwriter and director. Whatever, at the end of the day it's your opinion, it's terrible, but it's yours.
Say what you want about stallone,But he was made to be rocky,his character was never meant to be a pretty boy with everything,it was an against the odds fighter,stallone was perfect.
@weelewisdgfc That's why he knew it was a perfect role for himself, it's certainly not as if he went way out on a limb or anything. I mean, put into perspective, he didn't write a role based on the life of Cockney football player, you know? 😉
Stallone - THE most under-rated writer ever... EVER!! Mozart with boxing gloves. Just brilliant. "Where's your hat?"
wonderful comment!
Can't say he was underrated. He managed to impress someone enough to let him act in their multi million production.
TroublingMink59 If you're talking about Rocky then you're dead fucking wrong dude. It may have made multi millions, but the budget for Rocky was only one million. Plus they weren't going to let him act in it at first, just buy his script. In the end He got the lead buy didn't get paid for the script.
At first I scoffed at the comparison, but it's actually rather accurate. I think the metaphor works on several levels. Being a director and being a composer have a lot of similarities.
“Mozart with boxing gloves” what an eloquent and beautiful analogy. Well done
That "terrible choice" ended up becoming one of the best choices made in film history!! Sly, you're an absolute legend.
Amazing words 👏👏👏
We are the ones that got lucky by Rocky being you.
Ghazi Al-Qenaei ok
@Ghazi - exactly.
@Keto Diet pill You're simple, so it went over your head.
We are the ones
He's been the same for decades - laid back, humble, funny, kind - as genuine as it gets. Rocky was a beautiful movie in part because it's a character that came out of Stallone much more just naturally than through acting.
There was a point in his life he was very arrogant and cocky. He even admitted it. Most successful people get that way sometimes.
@@luketemple1015 only I’m the 80s though. Since the mid 90s his ego definitely died down
Around Rocky 5 time he was on a lost path and very arrogant. Thank God he came back around
@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 it was after he was sort of forgotten and considered a joke of an actor in the late 80’s to mid 90’s after doing horrible film after horrible film. I’m sure also being the biggest recipient of raspberry awards also took him down a few pegs.
@@luketemple1015yeah he let the fame get to him but he became self aware and went back to being humble. He was also very insecure about his height, dude got pissed at a party when he thought two people are talking about him, he yelled at them "yeah i know im not as tall as you thought"
Sly is an iconic figure in Hollywood....
how come its sly when "Sylvester" starts with "SYL"?
It's Sly. People have been calling him Sly Stallone for a long time now.
Humans breathe air...
he's my hero
William is Bill, Robert is Bob, and Sylvester is Sly - I don't know why it's that way, it just is. Probably something to do with nicknaming.
Mr. Sylvester Stallone is always humble in each of his interviews. To be as successful as he is, and to always be thankful for the success that he has had, is really something to see.
Jason J. Tavares not always back in old interviews he was a bit of a prick. He even admitted himself that he was. He also said if he can go back in time and he would punch himself for behaving that way.
Yeah, it's so nice to see an actor humble, or just be a guy that you'd see at the supermarket! There's only handful like this. Many others should take note.
True
Thats the only possible way to deal with massiv success and not get crazy.
@@TylerGage-op5hs That would be a good challenge for Sly in ROCKY-7 !!!!! I would go see a ROCKY movie if he was boxing at 90....
Sylvester Stallone was the perfect choice for Rocky
He IS Rocky!
Yea… he wrote the story specifically for himself to play.
I know Stallone is being self depreciating here, but he WAS Rocky, just like Brando was the Godfather. Nobody else could have played it better. He knew the character inside and out because he created him. Add to that his looks, his mannerisms, his speech, his acting style (yes, the man could act, and was quite good) everything.....he was perfect.
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In many ways, the fact that he wasn't a good looking and immediately charismatic A-Lister but more of a plain looking guy who mostly mumbled his lines and didn't really show that many emotions, was the point of Rocky. As he said, at first Rocky looks like a bruiser and not much else, but the more we get to know him in the film, the more we see that he has so much heart and personality.
This is aging with class. Bruce Willis should take notes.
Aditya Nair Cause willis is a big A hole.
@@greatomeister675 What did he do? I'm not up to speed on things
@@Commander_Shepard. I don't think anyone knows, people just gave a thumbs up because of the first sentence.
WhiskyHangover lmfao
I heard he denied the Make a wish kids a visit on the set of cop out.
This film deserved every bit of praise and reward. Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing, a $225 million box office from only a budget of $1 million. This wasn’t just the film Sly needed to get him off the streets, it was a film America needed. Thank you Sly for letting us share this story from the heart that continues to inspire millions to this day.
Great interview! I think most people, including myself, associate the real Sylvester Stallone's speech patterns and mannerism with the characters he plays, like Rocky and Rambo, that we tend to forget how well spoken he is in real life. Seemed he was in full control of his faculties despite his age and health problems. May he continue being successful. :)
+TheLoneBOOb ADRIANNN!!!
+TheLoneBOOb Isn't he like 60 or something? How old do you think you'd have to be to lose control of your faculties lol.
+HigherPlanes He's 69, and people generally start going down hill a bit earlier, but I was referring more towards his health problems and the stunt accidents that he has suffered throughout his career. Strokes, concussions and what not.
+TheLoneBOOb wait not strokes was thinking of someone else, but broken necks are just as bad.
+TheLoneBOOb Damn...he actually looks great for that age.
Stallone is a really humble down to earth guy. He didn't play rocky he literally is rocky minus the boxing part.
he's such a genuine human
Rocky would not have been nearly as good if they had cast some Hollywood golden boy for the part.
he is 70 can u believe it.? it is just an even number but anyway sly is a living legend.
Prankenstein he is 71 now and his mother Jackie is still alive at 95 years old a
HGH is a beautiful thing
He doesn't look a day older than 50
he can 2 do rambo movies ..2 creed movies
.2 expandables movies..
He's now 89 years old
He wrote the damn script.
He wrote them all....and then began directing them after the first one.
I never understood why people are saying that Stallone's face is ugly or whatever, even he himself. Well when i was about 13 and i watched Rocky for the first time, for me he looked handsome and after 5 years he still looks good. I'm talking about younger him. Now he's 70 so no wonder that he lost his looks but not even Ryan Reynolds will look good at his 70's.
In that first Rocky film, especially in the kissing scene between him and Talia Shire, he's fucking gorgeous! (as is she, of course).
So you're right. I don't get why people say that either.
Ruta Cesnaite PFFFF DUDE, YOUNG SYLVESTER IS SO DAMN SEXY. LAWD HAVE MERCY. EVEN IN FIRST BLOOD.
In my opinion he looked the best in Rocky 4!
@@DanielFlores-hh8hg he was gooorgeous on that one, it's a shame it's a bad movie
Daniel Flores yeah he had his looks together in that one
He's so damn humble, how can anyone not like this guy.
Stallone. Legend. Pure and simple. Someday...someday I just would love to meet him and thank him for Rocky face to face.
These guy has been in many of my favorite movies of all time, huge respect for the guy.
Arturo Casab LOCK UP..probably his most underrated movie..one of my top 10..fav
Thank science that his movies will not fade away and turn into dust like a book, so we can enjoy his films even when we are already old.
_"I just got lucky"_
What an *awesome* guy. So glad he's enjoying being in another good movie.
Mr. Sylvester Stallone, no one could have played Rocky better than you. You literally lived that role, as you created that. It was your own brainchild. And salute to your humility and down-to-earth attitude. Time and Hollywood makes everyone shrewd, but you have managed to retain that plan, simple soul of yours. Remain blessed!
"I just got lucky"..
Why does every person worth their salt say the same thing?
NO! You worked hard and got what you deserve.
the thing is some people don't get what they deserve even tho they work hard.
+Ayan Gangopadhyay Sometimes you have to be lucky for your hard work to fully pay off.
If working hard meant complete wealth and success there would be a lot more wealthy people in this world. Unfortunately it does take a lot of luck in today's society.
Because a lot of successful people (not all of them) actually recognise that Meritocracy is rubbish.
Hard Work =/= Success. Life's too random for that.
+Ayan Gangopadhyay yeah but those who work hard don't brag about it.. look at kanye for example.. every interview is about how hardworking and talented he is.. how does that sound in your ears.. even though he's successful as fuck..
He must win an Oscar or atleast get a nomination for his performance in Creed. Blimey Sly, that was amazing!!!
+ADAM LI I think Creed is definetely a ''Best Movie'' contender.
I hope so, because it has to be significant and legitimate for sly
He's nominated for best supporting actor in Creed
Adam Liban his fans around the world are more valuable than these fucking oscars ! Why do people behave like you are nothing without an oscar ?
Adam Li تو کی هستس
Rocky is the best movie of all time PERIOD
+Freakzilla 8250 nah, it's the Godfather
+no hassle ur opinion
Freakzilla 8250 In fact no I change my mind its Plan 9 from Outer Space
lol that movie is the best bad movie
Freakzilla 8250 ha ha yeah it sure is
It makes a lot of sense that he wrote it. He played the character so well because he knew who he was. He created him. I don't think it would have been so big without him playing Rocky.
An American treasure! I watched all his films when I was a kid and it always inspired me to be the best I can be. It wasn’t about fame and winning, it was about believing in yourself when nobody else does!!
When he keeps saying forty years late, I bet Stallone is like oh man shut up 🤐
When I was a kid ( 10 years old ) after seeing Rocky at the theater, I was imitating him in the parking lot, throwing punches and dancing around, I almost ko'd my sister. What a great memory as a child. Thanks Sly 👍
I was 7 years old in 1977 when I saw Rocky in Australia...It has remained the best film I've ever seen. Rocky II was equal to it. Sylvester didn't play Rocky, Sylvester Stallone is Rocky. Yo Adrian... I did it !
Amazing story. What a guy, what a star!!!
It's great to see long-time actors reprising characters they played on the big screen spanning 35-40 years :)
Sly definitely had this role fit for him.
I can't imagine someone else playing this role.
The success of this movie is contributed to Sly.
He had such an affect on me as a boy... ROCKY will forever be my favorite movie! Sly is so cool. I love his honesty. I could not even imagine James Caan or Ryan O'Neil or Steve McQueen being Rocky. It was meant to be.
Stephen Deac originally Steve McQueen was a choice for John Rambo in First Blood but McQueen died in 1980 from cancer before filming started in 1981 and Stallone got the role after other actors were considered so Stallone was met to play to Rocky and Rambo
I've slagged Stallone on a number of movies. But he absolutely knocked it out of the park with Rocky. Iconic movie. Iconic character.
Rocky from 1976 and First Blood From 1982 were two of his biggest hits at the time and he made both of the characters Rocky Balboa and John Rambo iconic.
I love how stephen is just letting him talk and laughing instead of trying to be the funny one
He is so humble. He is one of the greatest indeed
1977 ??? Wow.... the movie is truly timeless
Sly comes across as a really likable humble guy. I am so pleased for his continued success in life and the movies.
Sly is always humble. God bless him.
I have to say that Mr. Stallone is still a funny and classy guy. I am also proud of the fact that he does a number of movies, some that I liked and others that I didn't, but at least he always comes out a winner.
Every humble successful person, “I just got lucky”
Living Legend
Matt Damon was nominated for writing and acting in Good Will Hunting as well
Rocky I is one of the greatest movies ever made, and Rocky one of the greatest movie characters ever. I never get tired of watching it.
The studios had originally wanted more established leading men such as Burt Reynolds, James Caan, and Ryan O' Neill to play "Rocky Balboa". Lucky for us, Sylvester Stallone had stuck by his guns and insisted that he play the title role that he had created and had made famous for a while now and the rest as they say is pretty much history.
I would hate to live in an alternate universe where Sylvester didn’t play Rocky.
That parallel universe would also have had Al Pacino as Han Solo (No joke, look it up on UA-cam! LOL), OJ Simpson as the Terminator, Will Smith as Neo from the Matrix, Burt Reynolds as James Bond, Jack Nicholson as The Godfather, John Lithgow as The Joker, John Travolta as Forest Gump, Nicholas Cage as Superman.
Is there really a cooler person, more humble, and more self aware cat in the game than Sly? Man he rocks.
Eddie Murphy: 'Alright Rocko!'
For all of his talent and success, the one thing that never ceases to amaze me about Stallone is just how humble and down to earth he is.
Thank you for giving us Rocky, Sly! Both for acting him out and writing him. You have no idea what a great gift you've given us! A gift to be treasured forever! ❤
Such humility. Sorely missing in today's stars.
Sly is pure class
So modest. In no way did he get lucky, he basically lived the life of Rocky before he had even written the script. He told his life, showed his acting talent and his impeccable writing to make it to fame - Stallone *is* Rocky
He seems such a great guy , very humble and articulate and you can tell how grateful and lucky he expresses with the success of Rocky. Great actor who is always honest to himself in every character he plays.
I love Stallone. He is a classic.
sly...the man, the myth, the legend....
Roger ebert compared Sylvester stallone to marlon brando. That's the ultimate compliment
I still have the scrapbook I made filled with headlines and photos of SLY when I was only 10. Im 20 years younger and only YOU, the Indiana Jones character and my Father have been my Mentors in life for various reasons. At 10 years old it was because you were a badass action star. As I grew older it developed into the fact that you were and still are clearly a man of Faith and an Amazing Father of 3 incredible daughters who love and admire their DAD. I only Fathered One. You the Man SLY.
...AND THANK YOU.
Very humbling actor. Copland was great!
until Creed, Copland was his best performance since the original Rocky
@@jasonx4008 First Blood was amazing
@@idurisu930 no doubt
Jason X First Blood From 1982 was another hit of his and it was his first movie out side of the Rocky movies at the time that didn’t flop at box office
Scott Knode even though First Blood deserved to be a hit that isn’t Rocky, his first hit that isn’t Rocky should’ve at least been F.I.S.T. that movie is pretty underrated
What a nice man! Very humble until now
I've heard the story hundreds of times, and it never gets old.
Great questions! I was waiting for someone to ask these questions again for the seven hundredth time. A true interviewing genius.
sylvester stallone is one of my favorite people after this interview
What about before, were did he rate?
Damn, I love his voice
He's a legend yet so humble. You Can't just not love this guy.
What a legend. Grew up admiring him. Great mind, great spirit, awesome sense of humor and one heck of a human being.
Sly Stallone such a wise and modest man!
Was Sylvester Stallone a bad choice to play Rocky? I think the majority of Rocky fans will say Sylvester Stallone portrayed the Rocky character very well. The story has so many moving parts
He was super nice and humble in the 70s. He’s still super nice and humble today. What a great guy!
One of the greatest of all times. There are so many "smart" and "deep" movies that would dream to touch people lives like the Rocky films have.
Matt Damon was nominated for acting and writing Good Will Hunting at the Academy awards.
Single script writer.
I love the entire Rocky (and Creed) saga!
When I saw Rocky the people in the theatre applauded at the end of the movie. I'd never experienced anything like that before.
Thank goodness that Sylvester stuck to his guns. He wouldn't be where he is today because of it. And thank you Sly for giving us such a great character.
It's not about how hard you hit!"
ITS ABOUT HOW HARD YOU CAN TAKE A HIT. did I botch this lol
its about how hard you look like you got hit!
It's about how hard you can get hit , and keep moving forward!!
+Kaykay Jackson "How much you can take, that's how winning is done"
monearthe$ no, tu madre
Stallone is one of the most underrated writer, director, actor, producer in Hollywood.
Thank you for sharing yourself with the world. No one on earth could compare to you, there is no one else like you. No one else above you no one else even comes close to you . Your fire will never burn out ! You are an inspiration a brilliant man I adore you with all my heart. So glad you wrote Rocky and the rest is history♥️ you got to live your dream and I am so happy for you .
I really enjoy watching Stallone do interviews on the late night shows. He can take a joke and is very humble and appreciative of what show business has done for him.
Bless you, Sly 👑
I love this dude. He's so interesting, smart and humble.
I believe we owe Stallone big time for standing his ground on being cast as Rocky. I just cannot imagine anyone else in that role.
Roberto Benigni was also nominated for both best actor and screenplay for La Vita e Bella
Stallone is a good dude.
2:51 but those are EXACTLY the points that made Rocky the character of Rocky so goddamn believable. No offense to Burn Reynolds or Ryan O'Neal, but those two are good looking people. They look like actor fighters, but they don't look like actual fighters, if you know what I mean. Stallone, he just had the look of a fighter - that crooked look on his face actually gave the impression that he was a boxer who kind of stunk at boxing and spent more time taking shots than giving them. His face looked like it had taken countless blows over the years. And that fucking sold it. It was exactly what Rocky needed. And that's why Stallone was perfect for the role. God am I glad that things worked out as well as they did for this guy.
We were blessed to see Rocky being played by Sly. My favorite movie all time for sure.
They should give an oscar to the guy who casted sly for rocky.This franchise has inspired countless lives and will continue to do so!
Great story
I just saw Creed and it great :) I absolutely Love him!! How can you not be a fan of Sylvester Stallone..
Stallone is my all time favourite
Truly LEGENDARY personality
The man, The actor, The Legend....ROCKY is Sylvester Stallone.
still the man, looks like Creed will be a big success, great young director also
He was not lucky at all.
Smartest guy in hollywood ever.
Like few people ever.
Hollywood didn't choose him but.
He choose hollywood.👍👍👍👍👍🎈🎈
chose
No Sir, you were not a terrible choice. You were a blessing. I still watch these movies for inspiration!
Love this man, his humbleness and his poetry and life filosofy.. it explain in a simple and yet extremely powerful movie drama what a real winner is, what's life.. Love him.. one of the most truly inspirational person ever..
Woody Allen also was nominated for acting and screenwriting in the same year
Hell yeah
wow. respect
That film was raw, sensitive, romantic, emotional - I’m not even keen on boxing, but I adored that film and still rate it today as one of the best. He gets some fun poked at him, some people don’t realise what a talent that guy is, and he puts his heart soul and body into all that he does. Love him - huge respect for the guy 🥰🇬🇧
You are the most qualified for this role... no one else... love you 😘