Sylvester Stallone: Life and Career

Sylvester Stallone is an American actor, writer, director and screenwriter. His career started with small films mostly soft core. He was more inclined to be a writer and before being successful was a screen writer. The movie ‘Rocky’ was the most significant movie in his life that has led him to great success. He is now Hollywood’s most popular action hero and is famous for his role as Rocky Balboa and Rambo.

The script for Rocky was written by himself. He in fact rejected the offer for a million dollar for selling his script to a producer because he believed that it was written for him and will sell it only if he is given the lead role. He finally sold the script at a very low price on the condition that he is the lead actor in the movie. The movie was a box office hit and had opened doors for him to a successful acting career.