This time, I want to tell the story of Sylvester Stallone, a veteran tough guy in Hollywood.
Stallone, the action superstar, is very well-known all over the world.
However, many people only saw the tough guy in front of his screen, and saw how he beat his opponents again and again.
Of course, stallone after becoming famous is naturally very beautiful, but the experience before becoming famous is also very interesting.
Stallone was born in New York in 1946 to a very poor family.
Unlike the later tough guy image of killing all sides on the screen, Stallone is already a very difficult thing just by coming into this world.
Why?
When Stallone gave birth to his mother, his larger head caused medical staff to use midwifery forceps.
Who knew that in this way, although Stallone successfully came out of her mother's stomach, it left irreversible permanent damage to the face.
Due to nerve damage, Stallone's left eyelid and the corner of the mouth drooped, and because his tongue was also affected, he could not speak fluently.
It was all because the family was so poor that Stallone's parents couldn't go to a better hospital.
After stallone's brother was born, the family had reached its limit because the economy had reached its limit, making his parents quarrel every day and night.
Finally, when Stallone was in his early 10s, his parents divorced, and Stallone lived with his father at that time.
However, Stallone's father paid little attention to him, only caring about his own money, stallone in the rebellious period of youth has been causing trouble, 14 times dismissed from school.
By the age of 15, Stallone returned to his mother.
In high school, Stallone finally found his interest and established his future goals.
He loves acting, so he wants to be an actor.
But everyone knows that he was born with flaws in hard conditions.
When he was majoring in theater in Miami, the teacher dissuaded Stallone after observing his qualities.
Indeed, what is the most important thing about being an actor?
It's acting, but Stallone can't make too complicated expressions because of the nerve damage to his face.
Not to mention that Stallone can't speak his lines fluently because of his tongue problem.
An actor, the expression is not good, the lines are not accurate? Who wants you? What's more, Stallone is just a poor student, neither backstage nor relationship, nor any connections.
However, Stallone was born with a character who did not accept defeat, and he did not give up the actor's way for this.
But he also made a first-hand preparation, that is, to learn script writing.
After all, it is good to have dreams and goals, but sometimes reality is very cruel, and Stallone is not to blame for doing so.
Stallone, who is in his 20s, began his career as an actor in New York.
However, just like his previous teacher said, Stallone's hard conditions are too poor, not to mention becoming an actor, people are not even willing to play him.
At first, Stallone auditioned with great enthusiasm, but each time he went back with a gray face.
Most of the small dragon set characters that are very difficult to obtain are almost background board, no lines and no expressions of "tree" actors.
Due to living constraints, Stallone had to do some other odd jobs to earn money, but it was still not enough to pay the rent for the apartment.
When he was desperate, some filmmakers took a fancy to his figure and offered him a price of $200 to star in an erotic movie.
In order to survive, Stallone can only agree to the performance.
Interestingly, after this film, Stallone's scenes are a little more, and the role weight is much better than the previous "tree" actors.
However, good luck was only temporary, and soon Stallone was back to his previous state.
According to Stallone, he auditioned for thousands of scenes in New York, basically wherever there was an audition, wherever he went, day and night to find a scene, and sometimes went to sleep in a nearby park when it was too late.
But the effect is really bad.
Years of failure have finally crushed this man, and Although Stallone is still unwilling to give up acting completely, he has begun to seek other ways to survive.
That's right, the writing he had learned before.
Instead of spending all his day auditions everywhere, as he used to do, he left time to write scripts and write short films and small films for various manufacturers.
After saving enough money, Stallone was ready to let go.
How to let it go? It's going to Hollywood.
Since New York has no chance, maybe Hollywood does?
However, reality once again mercilessly punched Stallone in the face.
He still lived in Hollywood like New York.
Audition, no news, the film manufacturers did not pay attention to him at all.
He still had to live on writing.
This continued until 1975, when Stallone's chance finally came.
That year, Stallone went to watch boxing champion Ali play against a boxer named Chuck Wippler.
Under Ali's iron fist, Chuck was able to barely support many rounds before he fell.
The boxing match inspired Stallone, who returned home and wrote it for three days, giving birth to a sports movie script about boxing.
This movie was the "Rocky" that later sensationalized the entire American Hollywood.
Stallone did not intend to sell this script because his film was tailor-made for himself, including the indomitable fighting spirit of the protagonist in the story and the process of struggle.
In fact, the script of "Rocky" was really good, and many Hollywood film manufacturers at the time expressed great interest after seeing it, and some even bid $200,000 to buy it.
But Stallone refused one by one, saying that he would buy the script for a good price, but only if I had to play the lead role.
Although his bank card balance at the time was only $100.
Of course, Stallone's request seems almost unreasonable in the eyes of capital.
"You don't look at yourself, what do you have besides this muscle?" Superb acting? Or a wealth of experience? ”
But thanks to Stallone's perseverance, MGM Pictures finally bought the rights to his film and agreed to let him star.
The relative condition is that the production funds are not much.
For Stallone, success or failure is a one-off move.
The filming process of "Rocky" was not easy, and due to the shortage of funds, many changes were made in all aspects.
And Stallone almost dedicated the best performance of his life, and when filming, he was also on the ground and made himself scaled.
And the final result is also gratifying.
"Rocky" was released that year and exploded at the box office, and it also won three Oscars, including Best Picture.
Stallone's performance also got a nomination for a small golden film emperor for him. After that, he became a hot actor in Hollywood, and many film manufacturers competed to play him.
The success of "Rocky" also marked the end of the tough guy's path of suffering.
I have to say that Stallone is indeed a very good actor and a very talented person.
His conditions are less suitable for the actor than normal people, but he has not given up.
The road to chasing dreams has been hit by cruel reality for several years, and he has also persevered.
With his own creative skills, he wrote an excellent script, and in the end he was not confused by the immediate interests, and insisted on using this script to realize his dream.
Stallone's insistence on his dreams and his indomitable fighting spirit are indeed rare in Hollywood.
Therefore, although his success is due to luck and chance, in the end, it is also achieved by his own efforts.