Anthony Ippolito Transforms Into Sylvester Stallone in Amazon’s I Play Rocky
Anthony Ippolito portrays Stallone's fight to star in Rocky despite obstacles, with the original film earning 10 Oscar nominations and Best Picture in 1976.
- On October 20, 2025, Amazon MGM Studios released a first look for I PLAY ROCKY, starring Anthony Ippolito as a young Sylvester Stallone with production underway.
- The plot centers on Stallone's refusal to sell his script, as the struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and speech impediment insisted on starring and worked for pennies.
- The first-look photo shows Ippolito in vintage Rocky Balboa gear running on a beach with a Butkus lookalike, and he is known for The Offer, Paramount+ limited series, and Purple Hearts, Netflix film.
- Commercially, the franchise has earned more than $1.7 billion, and the original Rocky won 10 Oscar nominations and Best Picture in 1976.
- The project bills itself as the true story of Rocky's creation, with an Instagram caption stressing Stallone's belief he was meant to be Rocky Balboa in I PLAY ROCKY.
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‘I Play Rocky’: Amazon MGM Releases First-Look Pic Of Anthony Ippolito As Sylvester Stallone
Days after images emerged from the set of Peter Farrelly’s I Play Rocky, Amazon MGM Studios has released the first image from the film. The film features Anthony Ippolito as a young Sylvester Stallone in a film which follows the actor before he became a mega star. Ippolito is best known for playing another iconic Italian Oscar winner […]

See the first look at Anthony Ippolito as Sylvester Stallone in 'I Play Rocky'
Anthony Ippolito as Sylvester Stallone in 'I Play Rocky.' (Amazon MGM Studios)We have our first look at the upcoming film I Play Rocky.Amazon MGM Studios revealed that production is underway for the upcoming film about the making of the movie Rocky.Along with the announcement that cameras are now rolling on the project, the studio shared the first-look photo of Anthony Ippolito in costume as a young Sylvester Stallone.The photo finds Ippolito we…
The first official image of the biofilm I Play Rocky reveals the young actor Anthony Ippolito playing Sylvester Stallone in an iconic scene of the boxer’s saga. Amazon MGM Studios revealed this weekend the first glimpse of Ippolito on the tape, which follows the creation of the classic 1976 film, Rocky, and will show the first years as Stallone’s actor. The image shows Stallone (Ippolito) running along the beach with his dog, Butkus, the real bu…
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