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Stallone recalls the Rocky script he refused to sell

The Stick to Football guest explains the raw eggs, the choreographed punches and his determination to play the boxer himself.

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Stallone: Rocky Secrets, Rambo Stories & Schwarzenegger Rivalry | Stick to Football EP 154

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6:33Stallone describes writing and staying mentally active as reasons to keep creating.
18:00The raw eggs were about having no money, Stallone explains, not a favorite-food preference.
24:00Stallone recalls intense professional competition with Arnold Schwarzenegger during their action-film careers.
26:22Rocky's boxing sequences depended on carefully choreographed fights and the way those punches were filmed.
31:53Despite financial hardship, Stallone refused script buyout offers while pursuing the chance to play Rocky.
53:47Stallone recalls Bill Conti composing Rocky's score under severe budget constraints.

Roy Keane has dressed for the occasion in a Rambo T-shirt. Ian Wright makes a case for the other famous character: "Rocky is a love story, you know." Before Sylvester Stallone even sits down, Stick to Football's usual soccer conversation has become a film discussion.

Stallone gives them more than stories from the set. He recalls the financial hardship before Rocky and the buyout offers he refused because he wanted to play the lead himself. Selling the screenplay would have meant giving up the opportunity he had written for himself. "If you don't cross this bridge, it's never going to happen again," he says.

Even the raw eggs get a less glamorous explanation. Asked whether they are his favorite food, Stallone dismisses the idea: "The eggs were actually a manifestation of having no money." Later, he breaks down how the Rocky fights were choreographed and filmed, then recalls Bill Conti creating the score under severe budget constraints.

There is room for Arnold Schwarzenegger, too. Stallone describes the intense professional competition between their action-film careers, recalling that they could barely tolerate being in the same room. His account of writing is rather less combative: "I love to write. No, actually, I hate to write, but I love the results."

The Disney+-sponsored episode brings Stallone together with Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Keane, Wright and Jill Scott. It has drawn about 1.6 million views in three days, but the conversation, rather than an exceptional viewing surge, is the attraction here.

In the comments, viewers keep returning to Keane's unusually quiet, attentive presence. Others have a very football-specific question for this Hollywood guest: where was the discussion of Escape to Victory?

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I don't think I've ever seen Roy so in awe.
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I bet when Roy got home the Rocky soundtrack went on and he started doing press ups 🤣
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Never thought I’d see Stallone on this show 😂
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This is the quietest that I've ever seen Roy 🤣
@canahmet8214See it on YouTube
I don't understand how they have Stallone on Stick to Football and escape to victory never comes up. C'mon lads, it's your job!
@eamonnbarrettSee it on YouTube
Never seen Roy so locked in, guy was in his element
@SRHardyySee it on YouTube
Everyone is SO locked in on him. A legend in his own right
@XanDefanoSee it on YouTube
A true legend. Rocky and Rambo. What a beautiful legacy. Listening though to how he thinks, his wisdom and humility makes me respect him even more.
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