All exterior shots were lit exclusively with natural light, and pizza was the only on-set meal - for breakfast, lunch and dinner.ħ. There was no honeywagon, no catering, and no trailers. Shooting in Philadelphia was done on a shoestring. to keep costs down, which was of particular interest to them because they were personally guaranteeing to cover any costs on the film over the studio’s allotted budget of $1 million.Ħ. Producers wanted to shoot the entire in movie in L.A. Director John Avildsen and Stallone had to fight to shoot exteriors on location in Philadelphia. Stallone and Burgess Meredith in ‘Rocky’ (Everett)ĥ. Finally, the head of UA agreed to let Irwin and Chartoff cast Stallone after watching The Lords of Flatbush and mistakenly thinking Perry King was who they were casting. United Artists was interested, but wanted to cast a big-name actor even though the then little-known Stallone desperately wanted the role. After rejecting on the script that eventually became the 1978 film Paradise Alley, the producers read Rocky and immediately optioned it. Producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler met with Stallone as a favor to his agent, and although they didn’t have any parts for him, they told Stallone to pass along anything he wrote. Stallone says around 10 percent of the original script remained in the final version.ģ. Rocky was an anti-hero, Mickey was a racist, and Rocky ended up throwing the final fight so he wouldn’t have to be a part of the vile world of boxing. Stallone’s first version of Rocky was much darker than the final draft. Wepner later sued Stallone for cashing in on his life story and they settled out of court.Ģ. Stallone was inspired to write Rocky after watching Chuck Wepner’s 1975 title fight with Muhammad Ali, in which the journeyman heavyweight knocked down the champ for only the third time in Ali’s career. But until you start believing in yourself, you ain’t gonna have a life.1. I’m always gonna love you no matter what. And not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that! Now if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth! But you gotta be willing to take the hits. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. It’s a very mean and nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it.
The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. Let me tell you something you already know. And when things got hard, you started lookin’ for something to blame, like a big shadow. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you’re no good. But somewhere along the line, you changed. Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world, and you did. It was great just watchin’ you, every day was like a privilege. This kid’s gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew.” And you grew up good and wonderful. I’d… say to your mother, “This kid’s gonna be the best kid in the world.
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