Sylvester Stallone Set To Make Biopic On Boxer Jack Johnson After Trump Pardon

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Religious views
Stallone was raised a strict Catholic but stopped going to church as
his acting career progressed. Later, he rediscovered his childhood
faith, when his daughter was born ill in 1996, and he again became an
active Catholic.

In late 2006, the actor was interviewed by Pat Robertson from the CBN’s 700 Club. Stallone stated that before, in Hollywood, temptation abounded and he had “lost his way”, but later put things “in God’s hands”.

In 2010, he was interviewed by GQ magazine, to which he said that he considered himself a spiritual man, but was not part of any organized church institution.

Political views
Stallone is an outspoken supporter of the Republican Party. In 1994, Stallone contributed $1,000 to the campaign of then-Congressman Rick Santorum, who was then running for the United States Senate in Pennsylvania. In 2008, Stallone endorsed John McCain for that year’s presidential election. In the 2016 election he described Donald Trump as a “Dickensian character” and “larger than life,” but did not endorse him or any candidate in that year’s Republican primary. In December, he declined an offer to become Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, citing a desire to work on issues related to veterans. Despite his otherwise Republican views, he is an advocate for gun control and has been described as “the most anti-gun person working in Hollywood today”.

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imkmu3 says:

May 30, 2018

From wiki on Stallone -

Religious views
Stallone was raised a strict Catholic but stopped going to church as
his acting career progressed. Later, he rediscovered his childhood
faith, when his daughter was born ill in 1996, and he again became an
active Catholic.

In late 2006, the actor was interviewed by Pat Robertson from the CBN’s 700 Club. Stallone stated that before, in Hollywood, temptation abounded and he had “lost his way”, but later put things “in God’s hands”.

In 2010, he was interviewed by GQ magazine, to which he said that he considered himself a spiritual man, but was not part of any organized church institution.

Political views
Stallone is an outspoken supporter of the Republican Party. In 1994, Stallone contributed $1,000 to the campaign of then-Congressman Rick Santorum, who was then running for the United States Senate in Pennsylvania. In 2008, Stallone endorsed John McCain for that year’s presidential election. In the 2016 election he described Donald Trump as a “Dickensian character” and “larger than life,” but did not endorse him or any candidate in that year’s Republican primary. In December, he declined an offer to become Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, citing a desire to work on issues related to veterans. Despite his otherwise Republican views, he is an advocate for gun control and has been described as “the most anti-gun person working in Hollywood today”.

Enough said.
busdrivermike says:

May 30, 2018

Let me guess, the movie comes out in October 2020.

I’ll never watch another Stallone movie,
thomasmatthew says:

May 30, 2018

A documentary about Johnson released in 1970 was nominated for an Oscar, and has a famous soundtrack composed by Miles Davis.

Long odds that Stallone will improve on that.
maxaroo says:

May 30, 2018

Can we cast Trump as Johnson’s punching bag? I’d pay to see that.
pablo_carson says:

May 30, 2018

Not to mention Ken Burns’s excellent “Unnecessary Blackness”.

And the other Oscar nominated 1970 biopic “The Great White Hope.” Starring James Earl Jones!

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