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RIVERA/AP Sylvester Stallone talks about his memoir, “The Steps,”  in New York on Monday. Referring to his 1976 film “Rocky,”  the actor says he was just trying to write something simple.  “It (‘Rocky’) tapped into something that I cannot take credit for,” Stallone says. ‘I am a lucky dog’ Fifty years after “Rocky,” Sylvester Stallone still identifies with the outsider boxer he portrayed in the film. 30 set 2026 - The Washington Post BY HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press Fifty years after “Rocky,” Sylvester Stallone still identifies with the outsider boxer he portrayed in the film. Fifty years after Sylvester Stallone pulled off one of Hollywood’s all-time long shots with “Rocky,” the Oscar-winning star still identifies with the character who for many embodies the outsider proving all the naysayers wrong.CJ  But he no longer claims to be an underdog. “It would be so disingenuous to say you’re an underdog, ‘as he said from his penthouse,’” Stallone said during a recent in...

CJ RIVERA / INVISION / AP by Hillel Italie of the Associated Press | Sept. 29, 2026 NEW YORK — Fifty years after Sylvester Stallone pulled off one of Hollywood's all-time long shots with “Rocky,” the Oscar-winning star still identifies with the character who for many embodies the outsider proving all the naysayers wrong. But he no longer claims to be an underdog. “It would be so disingenuous to say you’re an underdog, ‘as he said from his penthouse,’" Stallone said during a recent interview, on a high floor of a luxury Manhattan hotel. "Yeah. Come on. I am a lucky dog.” Stallone, who turned 80 in July, is among the most successful movie stars and filmmakers in history. He has generated billions of dollars through such blockbuster franchises as “Rocky,” “Rambo” and “The Expendables” and portrayed some of the most memorable film characters. And he is still working, starring as mobster Dwight “The General" Manfredi in the Paramount+ series “Tulsa King.” By choice an...