The hard story about the actor Sylvester Stallone who chose to be Rocky’s trainer: Burgess Meredith had “painful experiences”

The Rocky saga is one of the most legendary in Hollywood, it is one of the most famous action movies of all time. The play was written and starred by Sylvester Stallone, and one of the most important characters in the film was the lovable Mickey Goldmill, Balboa’s trainer.

Burgess Meredith was the actor chosen to play the man who would guide Balboa to success. From the moment they met, Stallone knew Meredith was the perfect Mickey.

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His hunch was solidified when an older man bluntly told him, “I experienced pain, I felt it,” and he was so eager to be in the film that he deformed his nose and changed his voice to suit his character. .

Burgess Meredith before Sylvester Stallone’s training in Rocky

Before acting for Sylvester Stallone, Burgess Meredith had a difficult life, surviving through various jobs and it was not until 1932 that she tried to break into acting and after a year she starred in the play “Little Ol’ Boy”.

Since then, he has devoted himself to conquering theater and Hollywood audiences with dynamic characters, from villains to heroes. However, the arrival of the Second World War interrupted his successful life.

After leading the US Army, Burgess got a license to act in “The GI Joe Story”, and in the 1960s he became the unforgettable Penguin in Adam West’s Batman series, Infobae writes.

The legacy of Burgess Meredith

In 1994, Burgess Meredith published her memoirs in the book “So Far, So Good”, a year before she died on September 9, 1997.

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He was definitely an actor with a difficult and complicated life, whose experience with pain and his passion for acting made him the perfect trainer for Rocky Balboa, a legacy that lives on in the memories of fans of the saga.

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