I Play Rocky trailer: Anthony Ippolito turns Sylvester Stallone in underdog story
Actor Anthony Ippolito has portrayed actor Sylvester Stallone in director Peter Farrelly's biographical drama I Play Rocky. The film revisits Stallone's fight to play Rocky Balboa and the making of the 1976 hit.
Actor Anthony Ippolito will play actor Sylvester Stallone in Peter Farrelly’s upcoming biographical drama I Play Rocky, a behind-the-scenes dramatisation of how the 1976 sports film Rocky was made. The film is set to explore how Stallone became Rocky, with Ippolito, known for Grand Army, taking on the lead role.
The trailer depicts Ippolito as Stallone trying to convince studio owners to let him play the lead role in the Rocky script written by himself.
Going by the soul of Rocky franchise, the actor challenges stereotypes about his talent and says, "This movie is about having belief in yourself. It is about going the distance. I put my heart and soul on the page. If I am not going to live up to what I wrote, then what is the point? So do you believe in me or not?"
According to the official synopsis from Amazon MGM, the film tells the true story of Stallone and his "unshakable belief that he wasn’t just meant to write Rocky, he was meant to be Rocky Balboa". The film centres on Stallone’s determination to play the character he created.
The supporting cast includes actor Stephan James as Carl Weathers, alongside actors Anna Sophia Robb, Matt Dillon, Toby Kebbell, Tracy Letts, Jay Duplass and Robert Morgan. Farrelly, who directed Best Picture winner Green Book, returns to more dramatic territory with I Play Rocky after his R-rated Amazon comedies Ricky Stanicky and Balls Up.
Ippolito has previously played a major acting figure from the 1970s. He featured as Al Pacino in the Paramount+ limited series The Offer, which recounted the making of The Godfather. In I Play Rocky, he now takes on Stallone, who famously got Rocky made for under $1 million.
The original Rocky went on to become the biggest box office hit of 1976 and won the Oscar for best picture. It later secured its place in Hollywood history, spawning several sequels as well as the Creed spin-off series, while I Play Rocky revisits the story behind its making.
Actor Anthony Ippolito will play actor Sylvester Stallone in Peter Farrelly’s upcoming biographical drama I Play Rocky, a behind-the-scenes dramatisation of how the 1976 sports film Rocky was made. The film is set to explore how Stallone became Rocky, with Ippolito, known for Grand Army, taking on the lead role.
The trailer depicts Ippolito as Stallone trying to convince studio owners to let him play the lead role in the Rocky script written by himself.
Going by the soul of Rocky franchise, the actor challenges stereotypes about his talent and says, "This movie is about having belief in yourself. It is about going the distance. I put my heart and soul on the page. If I am not going to live up to what I wrote, then what is the point? So do you believe in me or not?"
According to the official synopsis from Amazon MGM, the film tells the true story of Stallone and his "unshakable belief that he wasn’t just meant to write Rocky, he was meant to be Rocky Balboa". The film centres on Stallone’s determination to play the character he created.
The supporting cast includes actor Stephan James as Carl Weathers, alongside actors Anna Sophia Robb, Matt Dillon, Toby Kebbell, Tracy Letts, Jay Duplass and Robert Morgan. Farrelly, who directed Best Picture winner Green Book, returns to more dramatic territory with I Play Rocky after his R-rated Amazon comedies Ricky Stanicky and Balls Up.
Ippolito has previously played a major acting figure from the 1970s. He featured as Al Pacino in the Paramount+ limited series The Offer, which recounted the making of The Godfather. In I Play Rocky, he now takes on Stallone, who famously got Rocky made for under $1 million.
The original Rocky went on to become the biggest box office hit of 1976 and won the Oscar for best picture. It later secured its place in Hollywood history, spawning several sequels as well as the Creed spin-off series, while I Play Rocky revisits the story behind its making.
Actor Anthony Ippolito will play actor Sylvester Stallone in Peter Farrelly’s upcoming biographical drama I Play Rocky, a behind-the-scenes dramatisation of how the 1976 sports film Rocky was made. The film is set to explore how Stallone became Rocky, with Ippolito, known for Grand Army, taking on the lead role.
The trailer depicts Ippolito as Stallone trying to convince studio owners to let him play the lead role in the Rocky script written by himself.
Going by the soul of Rocky franchise, the actor challenges stereotypes about his talent and says, "This movie is about having belief in yourself. It is about going the distance. I put my heart and soul on the page. If I am not going to live up to what I wrote, then what is the point? So do you believe in me or not?"
According to the official synopsis from Amazon MGM, the film tells the true story of Stallone and his "unshakable belief that he wasn’t just meant to write Rocky, he was meant to be Rocky Balboa". The film centres on Stallone’s determination to play the character he created.
The supporting cast includes actor Stephan James as Carl Weathers, alongside actors Anna Sophia Robb, Matt Dillon, Toby Kebbell, Tracy Letts, Jay Duplass and Robert Morgan. Farrelly, who directed Best Picture winner Green Book, returns to more dramatic territory with I Play Rocky after his R-rated Amazon comedies Ricky Stanicky and Balls Up.
Ippolito has previously played a major acting figure from the 1970s. He featured as Al Pacino in the Paramount+ limited series The Offer, which recounted the making of The Godfather. In I Play Rocky, he now takes on Stallone, who famously got Rocky made for under $1 million.
The original Rocky went on to become the biggest box office hit of 1976 and won the Oscar for best picture. It later secured its place in Hollywood history, spawning several sequels as well as the Creed spin-off series, while I Play Rocky revisits the story behind its making.
