Half-Assed Internet Research
Research covers Stallone’s extreme diet, the Rocky statue, Mr. T’s mother, a discarded death plan, Ali’s house, and the film’s demo version of Eye of the Tiger.
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- Stallone claimed 2.6 percent body fat, a 155-pound weight, ten egg whites and toast, fruit every third day, and several kinds of daily training.
- Three Rocky statues were made, and Philadelphia officials moved one away from the museum steps after deciding it was a movie prop rather than art.
- Mr. T claimed his mother walked out of the movie after criticizing the way Clubber spoke to Adrian.
- Stallone told Roger Ebert in 1979 that a possible third film would stage a Coliseum fight and might end with Rocky’s death.
- The movie’s exterior house is reported to have belonged to the boxer in Chicago.
- The film uses an unreleased demo of Eye of the Tiger rather than the later commercial version.