LOS ANGELES – After more than 80 movies and three Oscar nominations under his belt, American actor and film-maker Sylvester Stallone is finally taking on his first lead role in a scripted television series. And after decades of trying and failing to land a part as a...
“But this is not a stereotypical gangster show,” he says of the crime drama, which is created by Taylor Sheridan, the writer behind another show set in America’s heartland, the hit neo-western drama Yellowstone .Stallone is one of the most enduring and successful movie stars of his generation still acting today.
He scored Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay Oscar nominations for the boxing drama Rocky , which launched a hit franchise that now spans nine films, including the Creed trilogy .But he admits doing a TV show turned out to be far more work than he imagined.
“Now, you have so many fine performers and actors and writers specifically aiming for a TV career, and to create these streaming shows that have such depth and give people a chance to branch out. “So I’m glad I finally got an opportunity to jump on this train,” says Stallone, who in May also launched The Family Stallone, a reality show about his home life with American ex-model wife Jennifer Flavin, 54, and their daughters Sophia, 26; Sistine, 24; and Scarlet, 21.And Stallone – who also has a 44-year-old son from a previous marriage – says his Tulsa King co-stars, including Andrea Savage, Martin Starr and Garrett Hedlund, raised the bar on set.
“It’s one thing when you’re acting in the scene. You go, ‘Okay, it’s pretty good.’ Then you see it actually broadcast , ‘D***, that girl is good. D***, that guy is really good.’ Then you go, ‘This is much better than I anticipated.’Tulsa King premieres on Paramount Network on Monday at 10pm, with new episodes every Monday and Tuesday at the same time.
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