For those of you who missed the Jim Rome Show today, Sly Stallone was on during the last 15 minutes and talked about the upcoming movie. Here's some highlights...
-Said he hated the way Rocky 5 ended and didn't want to go out like that. So 5 years after it came out he started working on Rocky 6.
-Before MGM was bought out, the old regime told him they wouldn't let him do another and that the Rocky saga was dead. Stallone even offered to come up with the money himself to do the movie or with outside investors and they still told him no. New regime loved the story and wanted to put it into motion asap.
-Said back in the 70s and 80s, movie companies put out at least 30-40 movies a year, now they are more financially watchful and put out only 10, if even that.
-When they shot the movie in Philly, everyone called him Rocky instead of his real name. Said that Rocky character displays the spirit of everyone in the city of Philly. Amazed that people think of Rocky as an actual human existence, with the way they talk to him and the statue and the buzz, not just some character in a movie.
-Absolutely loves the way the movie plays out and wants to prove he's still "got stuff in the old basement".
-Said he's always stayed in decent shape but starting training for the movie one year out.
Really good interview and Sly came across very sociable, better than some people that get interviewed.