Stallone took on a number of odd jobs during these salad days to pay the bill, including working in the cleanup crew for the lion's cages at the Central Park Zoo. In , in the fledgling days of his acting career, Stallone would appear in the soft-core porn film "Party at Kitty and Stud's" He also made uncredited appearances in the Jane Fonda drama "Klute" , as well as the Woody Allen comedy "Bananas" In Stallone earned praise for his portrayal of a 50s street tough in the film "The Lords of Flatbush" It was also around this period that Stallone began writing a screenplay about an underdog Philadelphia boxer who "goes the distance" in the ring with the heavyweight champion.
After finishing the script, which he called "Rocky," Stallone shopped it around Hollywood. Several producers took an interest in making the film. Stallone, however, had one condition: he and only he could play the title role. He eventually found two producers, Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, to agree, and when "Rocky" was released in it quickly became a sensation.
The film was nominated for 10 Oscars, including two for Stallone for acting and writing, and would go on to take home the Academy Award for Best Picture. Emboldened by the success of "Rocky," Stallone's career took off.
He wrote and directed two "Rocky" sequels in the ensuing years, "Rocky II" and "Rocky III" , and went on to earn critical praise for his performances in "Paradise Alley" and "Nighthawks" Then in Stallone's career hit an even higher peak when he starred in, and wrote the screenplay for, the action film "First Blood" That film would introduce a new iconic movie character to popular culture, John Rambo, thus making Stallone one of the biggest box office draws of the s.
Throughout the s Stallone starred in a number of other blockbuster action films, like "Cobra" , "Over the Top" , and "Lock Up" By the mids Stallone's career began to hit a low point after he appeared in the flops "Judge Dredd" and "Daylight" However, by the early s his career began to regain some steam with his roles in films like "Get Carter" and "Driven" In Stallone resuscitated the Rocky character for "Rocky Balboa" , the sixth film in the Rocky franchise and the first since 's badly received "Rocky V" In Stallone would also go onto revive John Rambo in the action movie "Rambo" , the fourth film in the "Rambo" series.
In Stallone would launch another action franchise by writing, directing and starring in "The Expendables" The film featured a who's who of action stars, including Jason Statham, Jet Li, and Dolph Lundgren, and was a huge hit with audiences.
Two "Expendables" sequels would follow, in and , respectively. In Stallone relaunched the "Rocky" franchise with "Creed" , which centered on the son of Rocky's nemesis from the first film, Apollo Creed. The title character was played by Michael B. Jordan, and for his role in the film, Stallone earned his second Oscar nomination for acting. In , after nearly 50 years in show business, Stallone brought back John Rambo for an eagerly anticipated fourth sequel "Rambo: Last Blood" The film was released in the fall of , with the year-old Stallone playing the title character once again.
View All Photos Highest rated movies. First Blood. Creed II. Death Race Cop Land. News My Account sign up log in log out. Before and after the photos of the star clearly reveals a change on his forehead.
On the other hand, the procedure eliminated some of the frown lines that the star had on her forehead. Stallone admitted to having had a facelift on the left side of his face. What he forgot to mention is that he also had a general facelift. Recalling his bomb Stop! In , shortly before Rocky Balboa resurrected his film career, Stallone embarked on a line of fitness supplements. His company, Instone, produced a pudding snack that was low-carb and high in protein.
Stallone even appeared on Larry King to hawk the product. A legal dispute with a food scientist over the rights to the concoction dragged on for years and Instone eventually folded. BY Jake Rossen. An errant pair of forceps gave Sylvester Stallone his distinctive look. Carlos Alvarez, Getty Images. Frazer Harrison, Getty Images. When divining the reasons for why Sylvester Stallone has partial face paralysis a lot of people would lean towards the reason being Botox injections.
While those were never proven the reason for the facial paralysis has been a known fact for a long time. As an action star though that look and the voice have worked. As Rocky Balboa it really worked since it made him seem uncultured, uneducated, a street tough that made his living in a way that was highly unscrupulous and painted him as little more than a bum.
But when he started getting noticed that same image made him someone that people could somehow identify with and start to cheer for.
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