![]() "I've kind of sort of figured out poverty, how to get along on no money whatsoever. "There is that moment where you go, ‘Hmm am I ever gonna find anything even close to this again? Maybe, yeah.’ Then I go ‘No, not really,’" Stallone told CBS "Sunday Morning" in November 2015. Stallone, however, refused to sell the script unless he could star in it, no matter the price. ![]() They wanted a more well-known actor for the role. When the script was finished, Stallone had more obstacles in his way, as producers initially were against the idea of him starring in it. Stallone said he only used the Ali versus Wepner fight as a reference point when making his pitch, since Marciano wasn't as widely known. Stallone, however, said while on "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations" that the actual inspiration was a simulated fight between Ali and Rocky Marciano. It is widely believed Stallone came up with the idea for the film when he watched the relatively unknown boxer Chuck Wepner beat Mohammed Ali in a match. ![]() In 1976, Stallone made his breakthrough in Hollywood when he wrote and starred in the Academy Award-winning movie "Rocky." The film follows amateur boxer Rocky Balboa on his journey training to fight the undefeated heavyweight champion Apollo Creed. Actor, director and screenwriter Sylvester Stallone on the set of his movie "Rocky II."
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