Anthony Ippolito Transforms Into Sylvester Stallone for 'I Play Rocky' at AFI Fest
The actor discusses the physical and vocal challenges of portraying the boxing legend during a screening of the biographical film.
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2 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 25 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 25 October at 01:10 UTC; IndieWire followed 63h 50m later. The most recent article, from IndieWire, appeared on 27 October at 17:00 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), IndieWire.
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How it unfolded
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- Variety‘I Play Rocky’ Star Anthony Ippolito on Becoming Sylvester Stallone and Acting With a Dog: ‘He Wasn’t a Huge Fan of Me’
- Variety‘I Play Rocky’ Star Stephan James on Paying Tribute to Carl Weathers with His Red Carpet Look: ‘I Can Literally Walk in His Shoes Yet Again’
- IndieWire‘I Play Rocky’ Wins Virginia Film Fest Audience Award as Peter Farrelly’s Stallone Drama Readies for Theaters
Sources
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- ‘I Play Rocky’ Star Stephan James on Paying Tribute to Carl Weathers with His Red Carpet Look: ‘I Can Literally Walk in His Shoes Yet Again’ Variety ·
- ‘I Play Rocky’ Star Anthony Ippolito on Becoming Sylvester Stallone and Acting With a Dog: ‘He Wasn’t a Huge Fan of Me’ Variety ·
- ‘I Play Rocky’ Wins Virginia Film Fest Audience Award as Peter Farrelly’s Stallone Drama Readies for Theaters IndieWire
In this story
- Anthony Ippolito
- Sylvester Stallone
- AFI Fest