Bert Young, the unforgettable Pauly Rock saga, has just died at the age of 83. An opportunity to return to an amazing anecdote: in the first film of the franchise, he was better paid than Sylvester Stallone!
They met for the first time in the mid-70s, when Young was more famous than “Sly”. “I am the only actor who did not audition The first rockAnd I was the highest paid in this film.”He declared in 2017, not too proudly, on the microphone of the site The Rumpus.
Burt Young then recounts how Stallone felt a nice little pressure to act in the first film in the saga. “He knelt beside me.”recalls the actor.
“He said, ‘Mr. Young, I’m Sylvester Stallone.’ I wrote rock. You have to make a movie, please.’ For his sake, let’s hope he used a metaphor!
The rest, in any case, we know: Burt Young will take on the role of Paul, Rocky’s annoying and charming brother. A role adored by the public, inseparable from the famous boxer, which he played in six films of the franchise and for which he was nominated for an Oscar for the best supporting role.
“Rocky’s first movie wasn’t about a boxing match, it was a love story about someone fighting for their life. Not even about someone winning, just someone ‘who’s fighting for their life.’Bert Young said on the microphone in 2006 Bright Lights Film Journal.
“As for my character Pauly, I made him a tough but sensitive guy. He’s a real bear, even if he yells a lot.”
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