Pickwick Theatre

“I Play Rocky” star Anthony Ippolito says that Sylvester Stallone had a “very positive reaction” to the film: "Thankfully, I got to speak to him. If you’re doing a biopic about, say, a musician or a political figure, the idea of them watching your acting from a technical perspective is a little different. But this is what he does. He’s an actor, so he’s watching me do what he does. I was just nervous in general, because seeing a cinematic telling of the inflection point in your life is probably a wild experience in and of itself. So I was hoping he’d have a positive reaction, and he did. He told me he really loved the film, and he’s really excited for more people to see it." variety.com/2026/film/awards…