Bankrupt Sylvester Stallone turned down £265k not to star in Rocky
Sylvester Stallone is not in ‘Creed 3’ – the ninth film in the legendary boxing series – but what’s more surprising is that Sly almost wasn’t in the very first ‘Rocky’, because the studio tried paying him not to appear in it.
Understandably, the studio wanted the likes of Godfather actor James Caan, Robert Redford or Burt Reynolds to play the southpaw slugger. As opposed to a bit-part actor whose previous roles included ‘Subway Thug #1’ and ‘Stud’ .However, Stallone was as immovable on his screenplay as Rocky Balboa was in the ring. He was adamant that the only way ‘Rocky’ was being made was with himself in the lead role, just as he’d envisioned when he was writing the story.
Stallone had worked odd jobs, including cleaning out the lion cages at Central Park Zoo, to make ends meet as he struggled to find acting parts. When he sat down to write Rocky – inspired by Chuck Wepner managing to last into the 15th round with Muhammad Ali in a 1975 heavyweight world title fight – he was on the verge of being kicked out of his apartment.
Stallone’s basic pay was $35,000, but the actor/creator had smartly negotiated himself a percentage of the film’s profits. Not knowing they had a blockbuster on their hands, United Artists agreed – and Stallone eventually made over $25million from the film.In 2023, Stallone is worth more than $400m and much of that is down to the Philadelphia heavyweight he created.
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