Sylvester Stallone has two big hit franchise to his name Rocky and Rambo. But like his peers, he too, faced a low point in his career.
It was so bad that the actor recalls he was “crumbling” at the time because he endured several box-office flops.
“It was more than a drought. It was about eight years of spiderwebs on the phone,” the actor tells on CBS Mornings.
However, his career took a turn when he returned with Rocky Balboa in 2006. It was a hit which enabled the flow of several roles on his way.
But that was not the only point he was emotionally hurt in his career. There was another night, a star-studded one, when his breakout role as a boxing champion won not one but three Academy Awards, including best picture in 1977.
Yet it was still one of his saddest day of his life. “I mean, it’s a volcanic moment, and then it was very sad,” says Sylvester, adding, his parents did not attend the ceremony.
“You want people that you love that denied you, now you’re here, you’re at the Oscars, and they don’t want to go,” he notes.
“You realize that, at that moment, that you’re never ever going to come to terms with this. And it’s like, what more do you need? Really, what f**** more do you need to do to say, ‘I’m here,'” Sylvester concludes.