How Much Money Did Chuck Wepner Make On The Movie Chuck

ESPN'due south the Real Rocky, Chuck Wepner: Sylvester Stallone Has Been Living a Lie

October 26, 2011

The ESPN 30 for 30 documentary The Existent Rocky is well-nigh the man behind the iconic movie.

Manager Jeff Feuerzeig tells the story of retired heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner, the man Sylvester Stallone has said was the inspiration for his Academy Award winning battle drama, Rocky.

Let's only say that one man's "inspiration" is another man's "jacked my unabridged life story."

Feuerzeig said of the pic, "In my opinion, Sylvester Stallone hijacked Chuck Wepner's soul. This film is my effort to assist Chuck get his soul back."

Actually, that makes a lot of sense because Stallone would have needed a soul after he sold his to the devil for an acting career.

Stallone'due south overacted, overrated, overly sentimental Rocky franchise has over-performed at the box function to the tune of a $1.25 billion worldwide gross. As if that alone isn't criminal enough, for more than 30 years the actor didn't give Wepner annihilation more than the ocassional shout-out.

Stallone kept Wepner at bay for years with the vague promise that one day he'd come through with some tangible way to say "Thanks for lending your life to make my own."

Stallone offered him a office in Rocky 2, simply information technology ended upwardly on the cutting room floor. Then Stallone promised Wepner another part when the correct movie came forth—and twenty years passed with with aught.

The terminal harbinger was in 1997 when Stallone filmed Cop Country, a gritty mob movie shot inside minutes of Wepner'due south New Bailiwick of jersey neighborhood, and didn't even take the decency to requite him a call.

That's when things changed for Wepner. He felt used and stupid and grew increasingly embarrassed every time someone would ask him near the films that had stolen his life story. In 2003, Wepner filed suit against Stallone for cashing in on his life story without always paying out a dime.

After years of outlandish lies and denials, Stallone was advised to settle with Wepner out of court. In 2006 they reached a settlement for an undisclosed sum, the USA Today reported.

Some people fence that it'southward actually Wepner who owes Stallone and not the other way around.

Stallone certainly tried to make that argument. After all, where would Wepner be today if it wasn't for "Rocky"? He's fabricated his living for decades as the real Rocky and he is guaranteed a lifetime of fame considering of information technology.

Those people are ridiculously misguided.

Without Rocky, Wepner would notwithstanding exist a local hero.

Sure he'd accept less money, just he'd still exist living in New Jersey and accept the same friends and family he'southward ever had. Without Rocky, maybe Wepner would be in the Boxing Hall of Fame rather than Stallone; someone who simply pretended to exist a character inspired by Wepner, and earned the plaudits his existent-life muse could never ascertain.

Without Wepner, Stallone wouldn't have launched a picture show franchise that came to ascertain him. Who hasn't seen some homage to running up a set of stairs in Philadelphia—an iconic montage moment in Rocky.

He wouldn't get paid obscene amounts of money to star in nonsensical drivel that nobody likes and he certainly wouldn't have amassed a $275 million fortune. All of that and it took Stallone 30 years and a lawsuit to finally make things right with Wepner.

Maybe this documentary will assist Wepner get his soul dorsum; he deserves it. Unfortunately for Stallone, zero will e'er bring his back.

Source: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/911257-espns-the-real-rocky-sylvester-stallone-has-been-living-a-lie

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