“You stole my scenario!” : 49 years ago, this world champion attacked Stalone

What we know helps to enrich the work, but inspiration from real people, especially famous people, can be a problem if they recognize their reflection in the success of society.

Such was the dilemma with which Sylvester Stallone encountered when Rock became a terrible success when he came out in 1976. In front of this movie, Stallone was a successful actress in Hollywood, forcing her to write a script Rocky As a counterattack for victory.

Was surprising Rocky Nine Oscars were appointed and won three. During his presentation, one of the main inspirations of the film, a professional boxer Muhammad Ali, approached the stage. In this extract of the show, we can see that Stalone is nervous in the light of Ali’s appearance – even if the sketch is likely to be repeated in advance.

Ali’s claim was that he was furious against Stalon and shouted: “You stole my scenario!“Or”I’m a real Apollo!“Then two people boldly quarreled before he shook his hand, indicating that Ali received that Stalone was inspired by his film.

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To be true, intrigue Rocky And his main character, Rocky Balboa, is mostly inspired by another boxer, chuck vepner and this is the battle of Vepner Muhammad Al In 1975, which is especially inspired Sylvester Stallone. Despite this indirect connection, Ali was a direct inspiration for another character RockyWhich was clearly blown up in the boxing legend.

Apollo Creed is Muhammad Ali

Despite all the unique features that Carl Waters brought to the role of Apollo Creed, it is undoubtedly part of Ali in Creed. It is obvious that the boxer himself noticed, so his presence with the Oscars.

Times Muhammad Ali Just did not observe the connection between the mass and Apollo. He also spoke about it, very briefly, during an interview with Roger Ebert with the film critic in 1979, where they watched Rocky II together. In this interview, Ebert revealed the general resemblance to the film events and the film’s characters and the boxing world, aspects that Ali had confirmed or clearly rejected. For example, during the scene where Rock teaches weight, Ali said it is “The worst thing that boxer can do … but in the movie looks good“

However, when Ebert asked Ali, whether Balboa’s character was inspired by him, Ali directly imposed a record on the character that looked the most:

“” “Of course not. Rocky doesn’t turn like me at all. Apollo Creed, his dance path, his blow, his way to speak … that’s me.»

Moreover, Muhammad Ali Said that Carl Whiters He told herself “Learned to dance and blow, all styles of Apollo’s crisis“Boxing pictures. Overall, Ali was satisfied with Apollo and Rocky In general, qualifications Rocky II The film “That combines all ingredients … delight never gone“However, there is one aspect of rocky films (what Ali saw) that left the champion in surprise, which he explained without moving to Ebert when he was questioned:

“” “That a black person turns out to be contrary to American principles. I was so excellent in boxing that they had to create an image like a rocky, a white picture on the screen to make my image on the seal. America should have its own white pictures, no matter where they find them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan and Rocky.»

Muhammad Ali He died in June 2016, only seven months after the publication of Creed de Ryan Coogler, who brought the exploitation of Adonis (Michael B. Jordan), the son of Apollo, and Rock became a secondary character. It is unclear whether Ali was able to see the movie before his death, but we can hope that if that is the case, he appreciated that he created an indisputable hero, a black boxer.

You can see rocky and credit items in Vod. The film Creed III is also currently available in the Prime Video stream.