Rocky Balboa is the main protagonist of the Rocky boxing film series created by Sylvester Stallone. He was portrayed by Sylvester Stallone.
Why He's The Italian Stallion
- Rocky goes through a lot of character development throughout the film series and refuses to give up against his opponents.
- Sylvester Stallone did an outstanding job as Rocky and got nominated Best Actor for the first Rocky movie and Best Supporting Actor for the first Creed movie.
- “Gonna Fly Now” and “Eye of the Tiger” are very memorable and inspiring leitmotifs for Rocky. They both got nominated Best Original Song.
- Rocky goes through a healthy and supportive relationship with Adrian and they have a son by the second movie.
- He has an impressive array of enemies: Apollo Creed, Spider Rico, Clubber Lang, Ivan Drago, Tommy Gunn and Mason “The Line” Dixon.
- In the first two Creed movies, he tutors Adonis Creed.
- “Yo Adrian!”
The Only Bad Quality
- He was at his lowest point in Rocky V. He did get much better in Rocky Balboa.
Trivia
- He is inspired by famed boxer Rocky Marciano.
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