Sylvester Stallone is a big fan of pro wrestling and knows it’s all about the drama.
Sylvester Stallone spoke with Justin Barrasso for Sports Illustrated about his new film Samaritan and spoke about how he’s a big fan of pro wrestling.
“I love wrestling,” Stallone says. “It’s all about getting swept up in the drama. There’s a passion for that world, big time,” Stallone said. “People like Bruno Sammartino, those are people that helped forge my personality and my outlook on life. Bruno, Gorgeous George, [bodybuilder/actor] Steve Reeves, [boxer] Rocky Marciano—especially Rocky Marciano. I love wrestling’s mythic qualities. I made my daughters watch wrestling—I wanted them to watch for the story.”
Stallone commented on some people calling wrestling fake and said that he knows how real it is.
“I understand what goes into it,” Stallone said. “I hear people say it’s not real. Really? Gravity is real. Jumping off the top rope or having 300 pounds landing on you, that’s real. I feel the same way about action films. They’ve been submerged in sort of a dismissive sort of genre. Like, ‘Oh, it’s an action film.’ All I know is I’ve had maybe 31 operations due to action films, so I consider it very real.”
“Wrestling, it has nothing to do with who’s scoring a touchdown,” Stallone added. “It’s entertainment. It’s not meant to be ‘The score is now 14–3.’ It’s a morality play, all about the drama. That’s what it’s all about.”
Sylvester Stallone’s new film Samaritan will debut exclusively on Prime Video on August 26.
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