As we all know by now Rocky originally would have died in the fifth movie. I have a question regarding Rocky V for you that I´ve been trying to ask for a long long time. In the New York Post, an incredibly popular newspaper, they had previously called it “Olden Gloves” and “Stallone’s Final Failure.” And just this morning I awoke to see, on the cover of the New York Post, a huge color photo of Rocky with the bold headline saying “Knockout!” How great is that? So don’t any of you think your dreams are foolish. I knew that suggesting another ROCKY be made, that the laughter was perhaps warranted. There’s a lesson in all this for everyone. Then this morning I awoke to see something ironic. Occurrences like this are so rare, and to finally give this character a triumphant good-bye was the crowning moment of my professional life. I felt so vindicated because I was bringing home a character and finally laying him to rest in the town that loves him so dearly. I just have to drop in that we had our Philadelphia premiere last night and - I don’t know how to quite put this into words - but it was truly emotional for me, as thousands of loyal fans lined the streets outside the theater. The director - actually there were two directors, Stephen Verona and Marty Davidson, who are presently trying to revitalize the project as a rock ‘n’ roll revival musical. What I do know is I have fond memories of THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH, because it was the first time I was able to write dialogue for my character, and that was so thrilling, because I’d never heard words from the page come alive. Well, at that time I don’t think I had even done ROCKY and I would’ve loved to have been on the show, but think they were going for younger cast, I believe… I’m a little vague on the facts. Were you asked to be in the show? Or were you already on to bigger and better things? I actually remember watching the pilot and somebody else played Stanley Rosiello. Sly, I recall shortly after the success of "Lords of Flatbush" there was a television series based on the movie. The two way street of the Internet has never been cooler - let's hop into it. Fear not though - Sly gave this set one helluva set of answers - and his Bill Clinton story kinda rocks - and oh yeah. So much so, that last night when I sent the questions - I double posted one of the questions. I don't know if any of you have an idea what it's like to read letters that are so passionate about their personal hero - but for me, it's been a bit overwhelming. I've accumulated over 150,000 questions from literally all over the world, all walks of life. I have to say, this back and forth has been exhausting.
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