RELATED: James Bond Home MGM Is Exploring Studio Sale Valued at $5.5B Sylvester Stallone:Rocky is a very unusual case in film. I think the country was a little more sedate, at least in the way that they release films. Rocky came out on two screens so it really took a long time... so it burnt it's way into the American consciousness, and I became incredibly identified with it. When I would go against that, everything was held up to Rocky. So if the projects I found myself involved with didn't have a certain kind of heart, or a certain kind of expectancy the audience wanted me to take, I think they felt it was a disappointment or a letdown. Same thing with First Blood. It's the best action film I've done for that reason. … [Read more...] about Sylvester Stallone Becomes Rocky Balboa One More Time
