'I just wrote about what I knew': Sylvester Stallone on the making of Rocky
Sylvester Stallone "just wrote about what (he) knew" when making 'Rocky'. The 77-year-old star penned the script for the 1976 film – which spawned the iconic franchise featuring Sly as Philadelphia boxer Rocky Balboa – and used his own life as inspiration during his initial ideas for the character. Speaking at Toronto International Film Festival, Stallone said: "I just wrote about what I knew. I was writing a lot about this little kind of mentally challenged guy who happened to have a lot of heart. "I wanted to write a movie about a guy who says, 'I'm not great at all, never will be. I fight g...