Rocky Balboa is (kind of) returning to the big screen.

Amazon MGM has revealed the first look at “The Offer” actor Anthony Ippolito as a young Sylvester Stallone in “ I Play Rocky ,” a true story about the tumultuous making of the 1976 boxing classic “Rocky.”

“The film tells the true story of Sylvester Stallone and his unshakable belief that he wasn’t just meant to write Rocky, he was meant to be Rocky Balboa,” reads the caption on Instagram.

Long before he became an onscreen action hero, a 29-year-old Stallone was a struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment. He wrote the script to “Rocky” but refused to sell the rights unless he got to play the lead. After turning down six-figure deals, he got the movie made for under $1 million. An ultimate underdog st

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