The legendary actor and director Sylvester Stallone is known for his acting and generosity. The actor is known for his iconic role Rocky Balboa from his superhit movie ‘Rocky’. The actor’s house was recently sold to the beautiful singer Adele. The singer being a big fan of the actor, requested him to keep the statue from his iconic role. Sylvester who wished to take the statue graciously gave it to the singer.
Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky statue is now Adele’s home
During a recent interview, Stallone was asked that his legendary role Rocky be turned into a statue that overlooked the pool in his former house. Now that home was bought by British singer Adele and she expressed her desire to keep the Rocky statue. Earlier the actor didn’t want to give away that statue but later agreed to let her have it.
He said- I like what she’s doing, she’s making it gorgeous.”- according to THR. The house was bought for $58 million and the singer had renovated a few things here and there.
Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky and Franchise
The actor was nominated for and won Oscar for his iconic role. The Rocky series was released in 1976 and later had a spin-off as Creed. He reprised his role as Rocky in Creed as a trainer and recently the movie had its third installment released, debuting Michael B Jordan as the director of the movie. In an interview, he was asked about the dispute over the rights of the movie.
Sylvester Stallone said, “No. It’s never gonna happen. It was a deal that was done unbeknownst to me by people that I thought were close to me and they gave away whatever rights I would have had.” He continued, “At the time I was so excited to be working and I didn’t understand this is a business. Who knew Rocky would go on for another 45 years? I’ve never used one [line of dialogue] from anyone else — and the irony is that I don’t own any of it. The people who have done nothing, control it.”- according to THR
