{"id":229099,"date":"2025-10-16T13:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/229099\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T13:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:30:19","slug":"see-new-i-play-rocky-movie-about-sylvester-stallone-filming-in-n-j-with-oscar-winning-director-peter-farrelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/229099\/","title":{"rendered":"See new \u2018I Play Rocky\u2019 movie about Sylvester Stallone filming in N.J. with Oscar-winning director Peter Farrelly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rocky<\/a> was in the building Wednesday on the first day of filming for \u201cI Play Rocky<\/a>,\u201d the movie about young Sylvester Stallone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not Stallone himself, but his onscreen counterpart, Anthony Ippolito<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ippolito channeled the \u201cRocky<\/a>\u201d star in scenes filmed in Keansburg Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Peter Farrelly<\/a>, who won the Oscars for best picture and best original screenplay in 2019 for \u201cGreen Book<\/a>,\u201d is helming \u201cI Play Rocky<\/a>\u201d for Amazon MGM Studios.<\/p>\n

Farrelly and Ippolito, wearing loose bell bottom jeans with prominent front pockets, filmed at CBS Supermarket on Main Street and on surrounding streets. <\/p>\n

In the scenes, his young Stallone is seen with a carton of eggs. As anyone who\u2019s seen \u201cRocky<\/a>\u201d knows, boxer Rocky Balboa<\/a> swills down four raw eggs<\/a> for breakfast. <\/p>\n

\"IPR\"Ippolito as Stallone with a carton of eggs and a dog playing Stallone’s bullmastiff, Butkus.Bobby Bank | GC Images<\/p>\n

Ippolito also walked with a dog, a bullmastiff playing Stallone\u2019s dog Butkus, who famously appeared alongside Balboa in \u201cRocky.\u201d <\/p>\n

When Stallone was a struggling writer and actor, he had to sell Butkus<\/a>, but later got him back. In the movie, Adrian Pennino<\/a> (Talia Shire), Rocky\u2019s love interest, gives him the dog as a gift so Butkus can run alongside him while he\u2019s training. <\/p>\n

READ MORE: \u2018I Play Rocky\u2019 movie about Sylvester Stallone gets full cast in N.J. \u2014 see latest call for extras<\/a><\/p>\n

Ippolito, who previously played Al Pacino<\/a> in \u201cThe Offer<\/a>,\u201d the Paramount+ series about the making of \u201cThe Godfather,\u201d here plays Stallone as a young actor. Back then, Stallone had tried to become an extra in \u201cThe Godfather.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI Play Rocky,\u201d written by Peter Gamble<\/a> (\u201cOffice Uprising\u201d), is set in the late \u201960s through 1976 and follows Stallone\u2019s commitment to starring in \u201cRocky<\/a>,\u201d the movie he wrote, which went on to win best picture with him in the lead role. <\/p>\n

\"Butkus\"Sylvester Stallone with his dog Butkus in “Rocky.” MGM<\/p>\n

The forces that be wanted to cast someone else in the role of Philadelphia boxer Rocky Balboa<\/a>, but Stallone, then 30, persisted to become the star of the movie, which also won a best director Oscar for John Avildsen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 1976 movie grossed $225 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of that year. \u201cRocky<\/a>\u201d spawned a film franchise that would run through 2006 as well as the \u201cCreed\u201d franchise<\/a> starring Newark\u2019s Michael B. Jordan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oscar nominee Matt Dillon<\/a> (\u201cCrash,\u201d \u201cDrugstore Cowboy\u201d) plays Stallone\u2019s father, Frank Stallone Sr.<\/a>, in \u201cI Play Rocky.\u201d Stallone cast his father as a timekeeper in \u201cRocky.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"IPR\"The movie follows Stallone before and during the making of “Rocky.”Bobby Bank | GC Images<\/p>\n

Dillon worked with Farrelly in the comedy \u201cThere\u2019s Something About Mary<\/a>\u201d (1998), which was helmed by the Farrelly brothers \u2014 Peter Farrelly and his brother Bobby Farrelly.<\/p>\n

Stephan James<\/a> (\u201cIf Beale Street Could Talk,\u201d \u201cHomecoming\u201d) also stars in \u201cI Play Rocky\u201d as Carl Weathers<\/a>, who played Apollo Creed<\/a> in Stallone\u2019s breakout film. The actor and former football player died<\/a> last year at 76. <\/p>\n

READ MORE: Yo, Adrian! \u2018I Play Rocky\u2019 is a film about the making of the Oscar-winning movie. N.J. extras needed.<\/a><\/p>\n

AnnaSophia Robb<\/a> (\u201cLittle Fires Everywhere,\u201d \u201cThe Carrie Diaries\u201d) plays Sasha Czack<\/a>, Stallone\u2019s first wife<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stallone<\/a>, 79, is not involved in the making of the film.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked<\/a> to read (about) it,\u201d he told The Playlist in September. \u201cI have zero to do with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"IPR\"Director Peter Farrelly and star Anthony Ippolito on the first day of filming. Bobby Bank | GC Images<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I lived it, I thought I might be able to participate and give them some insight<\/a>\u201a\u201d said Stallone, whose memoir \u201cThe Steps<\/a>\u201c will be published in May. The actor is also the subject of the 2023 Netflix documentary \u201dSly<\/a>” directed by New Jersey\u2019s Thom Zimny<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cI Play Rocky\u201d has put out several casting calls for local New Jersey extras<\/a>. They include one for scenes filming Oct. 20 to 22 in Elizabeth<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Before the Stallone movie, Farrelly filmed the Apple TV+ movie \u201cThe Greatest Beer Run Ever<\/a>\u201d in New Jersey. <\/p>\n

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