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"Adriaaaaan!" How Rocky conquered the world
This 2013 clip with movie critic Danny Leigh explores how Sylvester Stallone became a star thanks to a bizarre case of mistaken identity in the casting of the original Rocky film.
Taken from Boxing at the Movies: Kings of the Ring, originally broadcast on BBC Four in March 2013, featuring interviews with Stallone and the director John G. Avildsen.
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