{"id":489,"date":"2008-01-20T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-20T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=489"},"modified":"2008-01-20T10:32:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-20T14:32:00","slug":"sly-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/20\/sly-speaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Sly Speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Peter Howell<\/span> writes about Rambo’s Return<\/span> for TheStar.com<\/span>. Here’s some of what he had to say:<\/span><\/p>\n

* [Sly<\/span>] “in 1976<\/span>, was hailed as the new Marlon Brando, Oscar-nominated<\/span> for both writing and acting in Rocky<\/span>, that year’s Best Picture<\/span> winner.”<\/span><\/p>\n

* Stallone<\/span> returned to his Rocky<\/span> character last year for the well-received comeback picture Rocky Balboa<\/span>, which even the Razzies<\/span> couldn’t fault.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Sly<\/span>: “You have careers of peaks and valleys and you harken back to things that you’re known for. Every actor would like to say they’re Daniel Day-Lewis<\/span> and they have this incredible palette, but quite often you’re known for certain things.”<\/span><\/p>\n

* [Sly<\/span>] had no trouble at all slipping back into character. “I love it,” he says, and the smile is proof of sincerity.<\/span><\/p>\n

* When a journalist suggests Rambo<\/span> is one of the most violent movies going \u2013 even more than the blood-soaked Sweeney Todd<\/span> \u2013 Stallone<\/span> interrupts him.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Not one of the most. The most. I tried very hard for this.”<\/span><\/p>\n

He had to argue his case before the censors of the Motion Picture Association of America<\/span>,which wanted to give Rambo<\/span> the audience-limiting NC-17 rating<\/span>. He managed to persuade the MPAA<\/span> to give it the more accommodating “R”<\/span> rating.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stallone<\/span> believes it’s important to show people the truth about “the most brutal regime on the planet,” even if the truth hurts.<\/span><\/p>\n

* [Sly<\/span>] starts talking about what he might do next. Maybe something with his muscle-bound peers Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/span> and Bruce Willis<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

He’s seen Space Cowboys<\/span>, the 2000<\/span> actioner that teamed Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, James Garner<\/span> and Donald Sutherland<\/span> as aging astronauts who hit the skies one more time.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I have a very, very bizarre idea,” he says, teasing his press audience.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s probably absurd. It’s got a formula to it. But if I told you I was gonna do one about a 61-year-boxer you’d go, `Yeah, sure.’ If you can find the right formula, almost anything is feasible. It’s just coming in there and having the audience go, `Okay, that’s possible.’ It’s weird, but feasible. Space Cowboys<\/span>, hello? It worked!”<\/span><\/p>\n

For the full article, click <\/span>HERE<\/a>. – Craig<\/p>\n

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Peter Howell writes about Rambo’s Return for TheStar.com. Here’s some of what he had to say: * [Sly] “in 1976, was hailed as the new Marlon Brando, Oscar-nominated for both writing and acting in Rocky, that year’s Best Picture winner.” * Stallone returned to his Rocky character last year for the well-received comeback picture Rocky […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5","category-interview"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3r2Pe-7T","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}