I Play Rocky opens in Brazil on November 19, revisiting Stallone’s fight to play his own creation
Anthony Ippolito plays the young Sylvester Stallone in a dramatization of the struggle behind the 1976 film.
I Play Rocky, titled Eu Sou o Rocky in Brazil, opens there on November 19, 2026. It returns to the period before the 1976 classic: the focus is not boxer Rocky Balboa’s later screen career but the young Sylvester Stallone’s effort to play the character he wrote.
In the film, Stallone is a financially struggling actor whose screenplay interests a studio. The offer comes with a condition: someone else should take the lead. His refusal to give up the role becomes the central conflict.
Anthony Ippolito plays Stallone. Promotional material emphasizes the resemblance in appearance, voice and movement, but a dramatized performance is not itself historical proof. Peter Farrelly directs from a screenplay by Peter Gamble, with AnnaSophia Robb, Matt Dillon, Stephan James and Toby Kebbell among the cast.
Rocky received ten Oscar nominations and won Best Picture. I Play Rocky concentrates on what came before: rejection, negotiation and persistence. Diamond Films distributes it in Brazil; check local cinemas for November screenings.
