‘I Play Rocky’ Star Anthony Ippolito on Becoming Sylvester Stallone and Acting With a Dog: ‘He Wasn’t a Huge Fan of Me’

Anthony Ippolito had to do more than nail Sylvester Stallone’s signature voice to play him in “I Play Rocky.” He also had to transform his skinny physique to one with bulging muscles. “It had its moments for sure. I was being tested,” Ippolito told me Saturday at the AFI Fest “I Play Rocky” screening in […] "I Play Rocky" star Anthony Ippolito talks about becoming Sylvester Stallone for the movie and acting opposite a dog. Anthony Ippolito had to do more than nail Sylvester Stallone’s signature voice to play him in “I Play Rocky.” He also had to transform his skinny physique to one with bulging muscles.

“It had its moments for sure. I was being tested,” Ippolito told me Saturday at the AFI Fest “I Play Rocky” screening in Los Angeles. “It’s like a consistency thing, though. I had a great deal of time, so just an entire lifestyle shift and it was just one of the priorities of every day for a pretty long period.” Met and interviewed ‘I Play Rocky’ star Anthony Ippolito for the first time today. We talked about the muscles he put on to transform into Sylvester Stallone and acting opposite a dog playing Butkus.https://t.co/rd2mkN8lBD via @variety #justforvariety