Sylvester Stallone on Arnold Schwarzenegger, his family reality show and his growing ‘jacuzzi list’ | Ents & Arts News

In a career spanning more than five decades, Sylvester Stallone landed her first scripted television role with the new show Tulsa King.

And stars told Sky News that he definitely sees filmmaking as different from filmmaking, admitting that it’s hard work at times.

“Actually, I’ve been working for centuries, Julius Caesar was my first director,” Stallone joked.

“No, I mean a very, very long time – so can you handle the 400+ pages of dialogue of the season? No hint cards to do that? And it was quite a challenge but I also find it invigorating, when you can pull it off.

“That’s the hardest thing about not having a life, you know what I mean? Now I have sympathy for actors who work on television – I bought a motorbike to take home, I don’t think I am myself yet. watched it!”

The 76-year-old had been in the business for years when he rose to fame as Rocky Balboa in the 1976 boxing film of the same name, kicking off the series that still exists today with Creed 3 coming out. in March next year.

He says the secret to his longevity in business is his attitude – which also led to his overt friendship that became his rival with action star Arnold Schwarzenegger.

“I don’t know if it’s a kind of arrogance towards life in general and ‘this can’t happen, there must always be something else around’, and I just don’t like the word no,” Stallone said. speak.

“I would say I’m just, I’m built for a challenge, and whenever someone says, ‘Hey, I’m the hardest working actor,’ I’ll say, ‘no, you’re not ‘ – kind of like Article.

“Like with Arnold, I took our antagonism literally – I loved it, and he liked it because it motivated him too, so we made ourselves two great teams. [who] hate each other, but you played better with that style [butts his hands together]it just touches something.

“But I think the main motivation is getting out of the house – with three daughters and three bitches, I’m a dead duck.”

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The actor’s family is also promoting his next TV project – a reality show.

Stallone says that’s what he wants to do for posterity.

“I’m doing a reality show because my life is so weird,” he revealed.

“I have a wife and dogs and kids, and I think you know what? Let me do it. It’s like a [trip down] memory lane.

“You know you want to show them movies at home? So the kids remember? I wanted to do something like that – not for the money, I just wanted to do it to remember.”

After conquering Hollywood and now turning his attention to television, you might think the next Stallone might be ready to consider retirement.

But instead, he says there are still plenty of other things on his bucket list.

“Well, it’s really a bathtub list, it’s getting bigger, it’s not even a bucket – that’s fine.

“Yes, we’re getting into this list, like, the jacuzzi list.”

In Tulsa King, his character is a mafia man sent to Tulsa, not somewhere usually associated with mob crime.

It’s a typical out-of-water fish story, but even though his character may be out of his comfort zone, it seems like as long as Stallone is at work, he’s enjoying himself.

Tulsa King premieres on Paramount+ on Monday.