At the time, Stallone was a virtual unknown, had a total of $106 to his name, and had just sold his only friend, a dog, for a measly $25 to make ends meet after years of struggling as an actor. Then one night, Stallone saw something that would change his life forever.
It was March 24, 1975. The legendary Muhammad Ali was up against Chuck Wepner. Ali was expected to destroy Wepner, but what happened stunned the world.
Wepner lasted until the 15th round and against 40:1 odds, even knocked the champ down. Stallone was inspired. He began writing a script about “a man who was going to stand up to life, take a shot, and go the distance.”
”take a shot”は「挑戦する」、”go the distance”は「最後まで頑張る」という意味。
With script in hand, Stallone found producers who loved it. There was a problem though, they didn’t want Stallone in the film. They offered a whopping $375,000 for the script, but still he refused.
The first thing he did after getting paid was buy his dog back (which ended up costing $15,000). In 1976, Rocky won best picture and Stallone had achieved his dreams.
Do you think that everything can be bought for a price?
すべてが値段で買えると思いますか？
そうは思わないですね。
お金で買えないものはあると思います。
人の気持ちは、お金で買えない代表的なものだと思います。
I don’t think so. We cannot buy everything for a price. For example, the mind of someone is impossible to buy. Sometimes it may be possible, but all of and always buy someone’s mind is impossible, I think.
Have you ever seen the film Rocky? What are your impressions?
映画ロッキーを見たことがありますか？ あなたの印象はどうですか？
もちろん、見たことはあります。
とても勇気づけられるストーリーだと思います。
でも、一方で、ボクシングシーンは少し大げさで、あそこまで派手な打ち合いには普通ならないと思います。
Yes, I have. My impressions of the stories are very interesting and a lot of fun to see. But as a boxing fan, they are a little exaggerated and lack of reality.
Why do you think Stallone was so adamant about playing the lead role?
なぜスタローンは主役を演じることにそれほど固執したと思いますか？
それは、彼の夢がハリウッド映画の主役になることだったからでしょう。
この機会を逃したら、決して二度と主役になるチャンスはないと思ったんだと思います。
だから、破格の価格で脚本を買ってくれると言っても、自分の主役を譲らなかったんだと思います。
I think he wanted to be an actor and he had a lot of love to the story. And he thought that if he had failed to get the lead role of Rocky, he would never be an actor any more. So, he was so adamant about playing Rocky Balboa, I think.
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Your intelligence knows no bounds and continues to grow in leaps and bounce. Iron sharpens iron Ko and as a result I must admit we are improving each other each morning. Thank you Ko! Good morning!
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