Sylvester Stallone reveals grueling ‘Rocky’ prep: ‘If you want it to feel real, you have to live it’
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Sylvester Stallone this week revealed the grueling boxing training behind the iconic fight scenes in "Rocky" in a rare throwback video with costar Carl Weathers.
"Repetition. Footwork. Timing. Getting hit and getting back up. I wrote the script in three and a half days, but the physical work took months. Nothing about it was accidental. If you want it to feel real, you have to live it."
"Repetition. Footwork. Timing," he added. "Getting hit and getting back up. I wrote the script in three and a half days, but the physical work took months. Nothing about it was accidental. If you want it to feel real, you have to live it." A post shared by Sly Stallone (@officialslystallone)
In the throwback video, Stallone and Weathers are figuring out each punch and fall, with Stallone saying to his costar of the titular character, "So, I’m a little hurt. You’ve got me stung with the jabs."
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