Ok, Google Bard AI, we think we’ve been pretty easy on you! So, let’s try a harder question: “Hey Google Bard, what are some little-known Rocky facts”?
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Ok! Here are some little-known facts about the Rocky movies:
The original Rocky script was only 90 pages long.
Sylvester Stallone wrote the script in three days while he was staying in a New York hotel room.
Stallone originally sold the script for $100,000, but he negotiated to star in the film as well.
The film was shot on a budget of just $1 million.
The role of Rocky was originally offered to Burt Reynolds, but he turned it down.
The first Rocky movie was filmed in just 28 days.
The film's theme song, "Gonna Fly Now," was written by Bill Conti and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Rocky won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
Rocky was the first sports movie to ever win an Oscar for Best Picture.
The Rocky movies have grossed over $1 billion worldwide.
The Rocky character is based on Chuck Wepner, a real-life boxer who went 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali in 1975.
The original title for the first Rocky movie was "Going the Distance."
The artist who created the poster for the first Rocky movie painted the shorts red with white stripes, instead of white with red. This mistake was not corrected because the studio could not afford to do so.
The stall owner who throws Rocky an orange in the famous training montage scene had no idea that he was being filmed.
The monologue that Rocky delivers after turning down Mickey's offer to manage him was completely improvised by Sylvester Stallone.
Rocky's dog Butkus was actually Sylvester Stallone's dog in real life.
The two turtles that Rocky keeps in his apartment are named Cuff and Link. Stallone kept them after the end of filming and they lived to be over 20 years old.
The scene where Rocky runs up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art was not originally in the script. The iconic scene of Rocky running up the steps was improvised by Stallone.
I hope you enjoyed these little-known facts about Rocky!
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