We go down the Rocky rabbit hole to understand how the fictional fighter grew from one man’s rough sketch into a global icon. Exploring Stallone’s Instagram art history lessons, interviews about his paintings with Oprah, and a limited-edition art book worth thousands of dollars, we learn that hiding behind the macho action star is a man who longs to be understood as a thoughtful artist.

Show Notes

• Sly Stallone meets Rocky Balboa


• Official website for filmmaker André Robert Lee


• Sylvester Stallone, Rocky. The Complete Films


• Sylvester Stallone, The Official Rocky Scrapbook


• Stallone on the Oprah Winfrey Show


• Stallone giving a tour of his painting exhibition, 2011