Sylvester Stallone explains the Rocky self-portrait he painted BEFORE the original movie came out. 'To capture his sadness, I switched the brush with a screw driver and carved the eyes.”
Sylvester Stallone explains his first-ever painting of Rocky, before the film was even written. Stallone famously wrote Rocky in three-and-a-half days in 1975, with the script then being shopped around Hollywood with his name attached to play the titular character as well. Eventually, director John G. Avildsen took on the project and Stallone starred as the lead, which became a global phenomenon, spawning multiple sequels and spinoffs.
Throughout his life, however, Stallone did more than writing and acting. The prolific star has been a painter for decades, making several self portraits, as well as a variety of other subjects. His work has been featured in museums and showcases, and prints and originals can be purchased online, although it isn't sold in the higher tiers of more well known or popular modern artists.
“I made a self-portrait with a more defined ‘pug face’ than I had back then, but to capture his sadness, I switched the brush with a screw driver and carved the eyes.” Stallone has portrayed many of his on-screen characters through his work, including his more popular ones like Rocky and Rambo. Stallone's last performance as Rocky was in 2018's Creed II, where he acted as trainer/mentor to Michael B. Jordan's Adonis Creed. His last outing as Rambo was in 2019's Rambo: Last Blood.
There are many actors and filmmakers in Hollywood that wear many hats, be it as artists, writers, musicians, etc. and it's interesting to see what else they get up to when not acting. Alongside Stallone, other artists that also paint are Lucy Liu, Viggo Mortensen, Jim Carrey, Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Depp and Pierce Brosnan, all of whom have had varying degrees of success in that venture.
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