In July 2004, an American film distributor announced that they were preparing to release a film called "The Italian Stallion", which was made in 1969 and released in 1970, which is an erotic film. As soon as this news came out, the entertainment industry boiled over, because in the promotion of the movie, the male lead actor turned out to be the action superstar Stallone. The disc of the film was labeled "Stallone's only adult movie", so it attracted a lot of people to buy it. Although there is news that Stallone tried to prevent this from happening, it was unfortunately unsuccessful in the end.
The cause of this incident goes back to before Stallone became famous.
Sylvester Stallone was born in 1946 in the slums of New York City, the son of an Italian immigrant and a French-German mother. Stallone was born in a charity hospital, and due to dystocia, doctors misused midwifery forceps to help deliver, resulting in stallone's left cheek muscle paralysis, sagging left eyelid and left lip, and slurred speech. In high school, Stallone began to play football, throw discus, and start lifting weights, building muscles. Upon graduation, Stallone received a sports scholarship. In Switzerland, he became a women's sports coach and used his spare time to star in Arthur Miller's famous play The Death of a Salesman, an experience that made him aspire to become an actor. In 1969, Stallone returned to the United States and entered the University of Miami to study theater. But then Stallone dropped out of the University of Miami by three points and moved to New York. At the suggestion of his mother, Stallone began to write the script.
The fledgling young man, without a little fame, wants to enter the film and television circle, which is so easy, coupled with the disability of his face, let him be rejected by the film and television circle that pays attention to his appearance. Before the film and television industry earned its first pot of gold, stallone's source of life was one gig after another and one dragon set after another. He's delivered pizza, cleaned lion cages at zoos, worked as a waiter, played a robber without lines in Woody Allen's movie Bananas, played a disco dancer in Willow Lane...
Under the pressure of life, the 24-year-old Stallone ventured into an erotic film for $200, which was also his first major role, playing a dancer in "The Party at Kitty and Stud's". The film is also the "Italian Stallion" mentioned at the beginning of the article, after Stallone became famous for "Rocky", the film was renamed "Italian Stallion" and re-released in order to rub stallone's popularity (Stallone's nickname in the movie "Rocky" is "Italian Stallion").
In 1975, Stallone watched a video of a boxing match between Ali and Chuck Wimpner, who was still a nobody but didn't get knocked down by Ali technique until the fifteenth round. So Stallone had a sudden inspiration and spent 3 days to write the script of "Rocky". When he first started selling the script, the script was not favored by the studio, because Stallone was not famous at the time, and the additional requirement for him to sell the script was that he had to be the protagonist of the movie. But gold always shines, and eventually Stallone sold the film rights to MGM and got the opportunity to play the male lead of the film.
Before the filming of "Rocky", Stallone's life had long been impoverished, almost to the point of exhaustion. In order to stick to his dream, he had to sell his beloved pet dog for $50. But when he sold the script and got paid, he immediately found the dog's buyer and redeemed it again. Rumor has it that the other lion opened his mouth widely and asked for more money. Exactly how much money it was, Stallone never responded.
In 1976, The Rocky grossed $225 million and won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director, and Stallone was nominated for Best Actor and Best Screenplay.
After that, Stallone starred in "Rocky" sequels, "First Blood" and "Daredevil" and other tough guy movies, and Stallone became a household action superstar. These films not only brought Stallone a huge reputation, but also earned him a huge fortune. Stallone, 74, reportedly bought a 13,000-square-foot mansion at the northern tip of Palm Beach for more than $35 million , equivalent to 200 million yuan .
Due to Stallone's facial disability, his pronunciation is unclear, his expression is wooden, and his performance appears to be somewhat stiff, which brings Stallone the most nominations for the Golden Plum Award in history. However, although he was born into poverty, he relied on his unremitting efforts to finally realize his dream and became an actor and a well-known action star. His experience will continue to inspire people to work hard and inspire people to chase their dreams.