Sylvester Stallone started his career in adult films, so in order to bring his eldest son closer to the world of Hollywood, he decided to house him and make him act for the first time in the movie “Rocky V”.
Sage Stallone in the film plays Robert “Rocky” Balboa Jr., the only child of Rocky and his wife Adrianne Pennino in the boxing saga. But just like the character, in real life Sage never sought to follow in her dad’s footsteps.
Unlike Sylvester Stallone’s daughters who are called the new Kardashians, the actor’s first child was described as having a quieter life away from the screens.
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Robert Balboa in the Rocky movies.
Before Sage was Robert Balboa, Seargeoh’s younger brother Sylvester appeared as the baby character in “Rocky II,” followed by Ian Fried and Rocky Krakoff in the third and fourth films, respectively.
For the fifth installment in 2006, where Robert is already an adult and seeks to make a name for himself away from Rocky’s legacy, the character was played by Milo Ventimiglia (“Gilmore Girls” and “Heroes”).
Of all the actors who played Robert Balboa, the two most remembered for their impact on the story and their screen presence are Sage Stallone and Milo Ventimiglia, who even appeared in 2018’s “Creed II.”
What happened to ‘Rocky’s’ son after the fifth movie? The sad story of Sage Stallone
For his part, the son of Sylvester Stallone in real life after his acting in “Rocky V” was not much interested in appearing in front of the screen and preferred to devote his life to becoming a director.
Born on May 5, 1976, Sage was the first child born to Stallone and his ex-wife Sasha Czack. He studied at Montclair College School in California and later studied art and film for a year at a university in North Carolina.
However, his life was not perfect, in 1985 his parents’ divorce affected him greatly and in 1996 he admitted that his father’s stardom always kept him away, apart from being constantly bullied at school.
Although he starred in 1993’s ‘The Evil Inside Me’ and after ‘Rocky V’ shared the set with his dad again in 1994’s ‘Demolition Man’ and 1996’s ‘Daylight’, he didn’t want to be a small version of himself . dad. “Sly.”
In 1996 Sylvester Stallone told People magazine that the two were very different, even his son wanted to stay away from the gym as much as possible.
So Sage in 1996 co-founded with editor Bob Murawski a film preservation company called Grindhouse Releasing, with which they preserved, digitally restored and distributed cult films.
His directorial debut was in 2006 with the drama ‘Vic’, which won an award at the Boston Film Festival. Because of his work at Grindhouse Releasing he turned down a reprise of Robert Balboa in the 2006 film.
However, Sage Stallone died at the age of 36 in July 2012, inside his home in Studio City, Los Angeles. His autopsy showed that the cause of death was coronary artery disease, caused by atherosclerosis.
After his death, Sylvester Stallone told CNN in July 2012 that he was devastated and asked to avoid speculation about his son’s drug use because drugs had been found in his home.
George Brownstein, an attorney and friend of Sage’s, revealed to People in 2012 that Stallone’s son always saw his father and at the time of his death had only one photo hanging on his walls, one of him at age 14 with Sylvester.
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