There are actors who come into Hollywood, get famous, receive their paychecks, and go home. Well, in some cases they even go broke and out of work. On the other side, we have Sylvester Stallone. The man comes back for more, every time!
Even at the age of 77, he keeps on inspiring new actors, writers, and directors in the industry, even boxers too! Seeing him coach Michael B. Jordan in Creed is a whole other level of inspiration.
Stallone’s breakthrough film not only made him an overnight sensation but also showed people in the industry just how capable and formidable he is as an actor. What still amazes so many of us is the fact that he wrote the film in just about three and a half days.
There was also someone else who Stallone had inspired with his success and who later became one of the most successful directors in cinematic history.
Sylvester Stallone’s $225m Breakthrough Film Inspired Quentin Tarantino
Long before Quentin Tarantino debuted as a director with Reservoir Dogs, he watched Sylvester Stallone’s sensational Rocky. The film inspired him down to his core and he knew that he wanted to be involved in the beautiful world of filmmaking.
As the film received a magical response throughout the United States and the world, people also found out that Stallone initially had difficulties in bringing it to the silver screen.
In an interview with Inquirer, Tarantino shared –
“Rocky was a very important movie to me when I saw it at 12 or 13. It made me want to be involved in films. Stallone’s whole story of writing the Rocky screenplay was influential to me. He was like a people’s champion as far as I was concerned.”
Reservoir Dogs however couldn’t get much love from the critics, but Quentin Tarantino came back with another ambitious one – Pulp Fiction which turned his story around. “When I did Pulp Fiction, I felt a similar way, like I had somehow gotten across the wall,” shared the 60-year-old director.
Quentin Tarantino’s Shocking Revelations On Rambo: First Blood
Even as Tarantino himself is known for putting dramatic angles in his stories, he couldn’t help but call out Sylvester Stallone for making this very crucial change in the film’s story.
Based on a novel by David Morrell, and brought to life by Stallone, Rambo: First Blood changed the film’s most important part – the character’s death in the end.
Although Stallone has been vocal on multiple occasions about collaborating with Tarantino and the latter has been inspired quite heavily by the former, the two haven’t worked on a project yet.
Being a fan of the novel, Tarantino was not satisfied by the creative liberty the film went for. “You’re a coward, you should have killed him,” he said.
“I want to do some sequels brother,” replied Stallone.
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Not to mention that Tarantino, known to be very passionate about the original source material of his films, often loves to take creative liberties of his own – changing the race of the character from white to brown in novelist Elmore Leonard’s based Jackie Brown (1997).
Sylvester Stallone may not need much of Tarantino’s approval on things. Rocky is ready for another action outing with The Expendables 4, slated to release on September 22, this year.
Source: Showbiz Cheat Sheet
