{"id":15170,"date":"2025-09-19T04:10:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15170"},"modified":"2025-09-19T04:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T21:10:54","slug":"sylvester-stallone-recalls-first-failed-rocky-steps-run-and-reveals-new-memoir-the-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15170","title":{"rendered":"Sylvester Stallone Recalls First Failed Rocky Steps Run and Reveals New Memoir &#8216;The Steps&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sylvester Stallone may be a multimillionaire with the Midas touch when it comes to making movies now, but his rags-to-riches story includes spending time homeless and working some seriously surreal odd-jobs before he found success. Appearing on <em>The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon<\/em>, Sly shared an inspirational story behind his first failed attempt to climb the famous \u2018Rocky steps,\u2019 and how an enduring relationship with an old Philadelphia landmark has informed his attitude towards life.<\/p>\n<p>These days, Stallone has earned the right to be mentioned alongside Hollywood\u2019s elite and is a go-to guy if you want your project to become a success. With multiple movies that have spawned sequels like <em>Rocky, Rambo,<\/em> and <em>The Expendables,<\/em> this writer, actor, and director has proven time and time again to be a bankable commodity on celluloid.<\/p>\n<p>Still, during his September 16, 2025, interview on <em>The Tonight Show,<\/em> Sly shared that one of his first odd jobs in New York was to clean out the lion cages in the zoo. He further illustrated his humble beginnings, reflecting that while working on a deli counter he was given a staff allowance of three-and-a-half ounces of pastrami to eat, per day. Of course, our hero would pack on plenty more protein to play the iconic Rocky Balboa, and he used his recent appearance on the talk show to promote an exciting new book, titled: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unti9780063443914-Anon9780063443914\/dp\/0063443910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Steps \u2014 A Memoir<\/a>.<\/em> But while the tale of Sly\u2019s unlikely path to stardom and the creation of one of the greatest underdog stories of all time won\u2019t be released until May, 2026, the screen legend did share that his first strides up the steps resulted in failure.<\/p>\n<h2>Sylvester Stallone Explains His First Failed Attempt at Climbing the Rocky Steps<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWhen I got to Philadelphia and did the movie Rocky, I wasn\u2019t even thinking about the steps,\u201d said Stallone in conversation with Jimmy Fallon. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have any money to shoot there, we didn\u2019t have a license,\u201d added the actor. The long set of steps that caught Sly\u2019s eye lead up to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Nowadays, there is a statue of The Italian Stallion at the foot of those steps, but before the release of the low-budget boxing movie in 1977, Stallone didn\u2019t have the kind of clout that he enjoys now. \u201cI just get out of the car. (I said) let me just run up the steps, get a shot of it and we\u2019ll get outta here before the police come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In that first take, Stallone says he made an embarrassing error when he decided it would be a good idea to carry his beloved dog, Butkus, up those lofty steps. \u201cMy dog is a buffalo,\u201d recalls the Rocky star. \u201cIt\u2019s a 130-pound Bullmastiff, I got half-way up and my knees buckled, I go like, \u2018dog\u2026 out.\u2019\u201d With Butkus now relegated to staring at the steps from the car, Stallone completed his scenes. The movie went on to bag Stallone a Best Actor nomination at the Oscar\u2019s and Rocky won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1977, spawning a total of six movies plus three <em>Creed<\/em> spin-offs (and counting).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyway, we did it, and it became a very famous scene, but I thought it\u2019s also a great name for a biography about the steps you make in your life, to arrive.\u201d Stallone told Fallon. \u201cBecause, guys, trust me, I had zero going. It\u2019s like I said, I worked in a lion\u2019s cage, a deli, I was an usher for a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With his trademark proclivity for motivational speeches, Sly further explained how winning is done. \u201cAm I gonna win, or is life gonna win?\u201d Stallone told the audience to ask themselves. \u201cIt\u2019s a battle. It\u2019s a punchout, and it\u2019s not easy, because you\u2019re always under the gun, no one ever really gets ahead of it, but it\u2019s the fight you put up that gets you where you wanna go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sylvester Stallone will return to put up another epic fight in the third season of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paramountplus.com\/shows\/tulsa-king\/\"><em>Tulsa King,<\/em><\/a> premiering on Paramount+ September 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/officialslystallone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To follow Sylvester Stallone on Instagram, click here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/news\/sylvester-stallone-recalls-first-failed-rocky-steps-run-and-reveals-new-memoir-the-steps\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sylvester Stallone may be a multimillionaire with the Midas touch when it comes to making movies now, but his rags-to-riches story includes spending time homeless and working some seriously surreal odd-jobs before he found success. 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