Sylvester Stallone shoveled lion poop, ‘mugged’ Woody Allen before ‘Rocky’ fame
nypost.com“The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood’s Kings of Carnage” (Crown, out now).The mishap left a slight droop on the left side of his face, and caused the trademark speech impediment the actor would later compare to the “guttural echoing of a mafioso pallbearer.”Stallone was taunted at school with nicknames like “Slant Mouth,” “Sylvia” and “Mr.
Potato Head,” and later told reporters that his speech and appearance had left him “like a poster boy for a nightmare.”Life wasn’t made easier by a physically abusive father who beat him and his brother Frank Jr.
terribly while admonishing them, “Why can’t you be smarter? Why can’t you be stronger?” The rage this caused led to a reckless nature.
Stallone had broken at least 10 bones by age 12, and was voted by his teachers as, “Student Most Likely To End Up In The Electric Chair.”But his young life was turned around at age 13, when he saw the movie “Hercules Unchained” starring the muscle-bound former Mr.
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