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A Polish Director Could Have Starred in "rocky." "I Offended Sylvester Stallone"

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"Sylvester Stallone, at his peak, after making the first 'Rocky,' invited me to dinner because he had it in his head that I would play the trainer and his Russian boxing opponent," Jerzy Skolimowski recounts in "The Reckoning." Unfortunately, the conversation went badly. "Stallone couldn't stand the slightest hint of criticism," says the winner of the Golden Bear, Silver Lion, Golden Lion, and Special Jury Prize at Cannes.
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"Sylvester Stallone, at his peak, after making the first 'Rocky,' invited me to dinner because he had it in his head that I would play the trainer and his Russian boxing opponent," Jerzy Skolimowski recounts in "The Reckoning." Unfortunately, the conversation went badly. "Stallone couldn't stand the slightest hint of criticism," says the winner of the Golden Bear, Silver Lion, Golden Lion, and Special Jury Prize at Cannes.

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newsweek.pl broke the news on Sunday, April 12, 2026.
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