The Pioneer
The frontier and an appetite for the unknown, goes first.
Sylvester Stallone reads as The Pioneer because his career as an actor and filmmaker has been defined by opening territory rather than following it. His trajectory, examined on The David Rubenstein Show, reflects a willingness to bet on himself when established gatekeepers would not, and to keep creating on his own terms.
“Oh boy, you really. There is a possibility. I've written half a screenplay because this is a story where obviously his days in the ring are long gone, where he now tries to save his neighborhood, or he thinks he can, because that area right now in Philadelphia is just literally fentanyl. It's terrible.”
“Well, I don't think it's going to ever have the golden era that it's had by far because The audience. The demographic is different. They're now watching films on an iPhone. So it's not as though the theater has become this habitual shrine to come in attractions.”
“Well, you know, there's a big misconception about that. Everyone thinks it's, oh, I was watching Chuck Webner fight Mohammed Ali, knocked him down. That was the fabricated type story. Rocky Marciano, who is basically my size, had a computer fight when Muhammad Ali, when he was suspended in 1970. And the light bulb went off.”
“They did. They did. They had all kinds of morality clauses. Basically, if you spit on the ground, we can replace you. And the first thing we did was me shaking down the fella along the docks. You know, come on, give me your coat, give me your coat, your loan shark money.”
The David Rubenstein Show: “Sylvester Stallone”
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