In the history of the rapid development of the film industry, there are many such excellent actors, especially among martial arts and action actors. Every action and martial arts actor must have superb acting skills, a strong and aesthetic figure, and all the conditions needed by ordinary actors.
It can be said that few people can rise to fame on the road of martial arts actors. However, less does not mean nothing. Among those famous martial arts actors, one is worth mentioning, and that is Sylvester Stallone. Speaking of Stallone, his life can really be summed up by the word "hard".
Born in sorrow, unhappy in childhood.
1946, Stallone was born in a small hospital next to Times Square in new york. However, the birth of a hero always goes through some bumps and setbacks. When delivering Stallone, the doctor found that his head was too big, and he could not give birth without intervention. After consultation, it was finally decided to use forceps to assist production; However, in the process of using tweezers, Stallone's facial nerve was damaged due to the doctor's mistake.
Because of facial nerve damage, Stallone has to face the sadness of left facial paralysis, left eyelid and drooping corners of his mouth all his life. This is just a flaw and deficiency that can be seen at a glance. This trauma also damaged Stallone's language function. He can't speak as fluently as ordinary people. In short, he became a stutterer.
Stallone's father is Italian. Italians always pursue freedom, fashion and self-liberation, so does his father. Stallone's father always aspired to be a fashion singer before he got married. But reality is reality after all, and life will not give people a chance to dream. Faced with the pressure of life, my father can only be an unknown barber in the end.
Stallone's mother is a mixed-race beauty of Ukrainian and French descent. She once dreamed of becoming an excellent dancer, but the reality is that she can only go to a small bar to be an off-stage dancer after marriage. Parents' own abilities can't give Stallone a good life. Stallone grew up in a slum.
His childhood consisted of streets full of rubbish, dirty houses, mean neighbors and quarrelsome parents. Stallone's family is already poor, and the birth of his younger brother is even worse for the whole family.
But unlike those who used to be poor together, Stallone's parents are no exception. They quarrel every day. After every quarrel, his father would drink and gamble, gamble again and again, lose again and again, and go home to take it out on him and his mother every time he lost; At first, Stallone's mother didn't dare to rebel against his father, so after he vented his anger, she vented it on him. When Stallone was a child, he always saw people with black faces.
Drop out of school 12 times, eager for dignity
Because Stallone grew up in a slum, he was used to fighting and fighting with others. His parents divorced when he was eleven, and he was awarded to his father. My father didn't care about family affairs and was too lazy to care about Stallone, so Stallone lived a life of fighting every day until he was borrowed by his mother at the age of fifteen.
After picking up his mother, he transferred to school for more than ten times and finally dropped out of school in the tenth grade. Later, he entered a special school for young people with emotional troubles. In this high school, he found a new way of life. He began to practice playing football and throwing discus every day, and thus won a special sports scholarship from Miami University. Meanwhile, I got a job as a sports coach in Switzerland.
In high school, he once participated in a play called Death of a Salesman, which started Stallone's acting career. After returning to China, Stallone made up his mind to enter the performance department of Miami University and study acting. The entrance examination is not difficult for Stallone. What is difficult is the trouble and trouble caused by uncontrollable facial expressions and unclear articulation after entering school.
These troubles are like a loud slap in the face, which seems to tell Stallone that he is not suitable for the career of an actor. Finally, Stallone was expelled from school for the twelfth time in his life, and this was his last time.
Refused several times, stick to it.
After being rejected, Stallone still refused to give up his dream. His mother suggested that he could do some script creation, and maybe the script could change his present situation. Stallone doubted his mother's words, but he still took time out to create and look for performance opportunities in Hollywood.
At that time, there were 500 companies in Hollywood, but none of them were willing to accept Stallone. Most people may give up in this situation, but Stallone listed the reasons why each company refused him and corrected it bit by bit. There is nothing he can do about facial management, but in order to change his pronunciation, he puts a stone under his tongue every day and watches the morning news for an hour. In this way, he finally stopped stuttering after being grinded by pebbles for many times with blood.
After making many changes, Stallone began to visit those 500 companies again, and was rejected again. The reason why he was rejected this time was that he was too thin to be a good actor, so Stallone insisted on exercising every day for the next year. But the third time I tried, I was rejected again. As a last resort, Stallone decided to start focusing on his creation. He intends to write a script first, and then open his own acting door through his own script. As his mother predicted, the script is the key to what he is looking for.
One day, Stallone went to watch a boxing match. He saw the match between champion Ali and unknown boxer Chuck. Chuck, who was not as good as the champion, persisted for fifteen rounds before being hit. This scene deeply shocked Stallone. After returning home that day, he stayed at home for three days and wrote the play Loki. This play is so well written that many directors want to buy it. But after Stallone offered to play, they all rejected the script. But this script is Stallone's best chance to enter the entertainment circle, and he is unwilling to give up.
In the end, a company that once rejected him was moved by him; They promised Stallone money. But there is little money. In order to save money, Stallone finally mobilized his family to participate in the filming. Finally, life gave him enough magic, and he began to usher in a new era of his life. This small-budget film, as soon as it was broadcast, won as high as 200 million box office. Stallone also received nine nominations at the Oscar ceremony.
More than 20 years of hardships and 1885 painful rejections have become the brightest business card of this world-renowned film and television superstar. Life is like this. If the sky falls to the Sri Lankan people, we must first suffer from it, work hard and starve it. You can see the rainbow after the storm!