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Apr 2022
22m 8s

Sylvester Stallone

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Actor, writer, director and producer Sylvester Stallone talks about how he really came up with the character "Rocky," doing his own stunts, and the future of films. He's on "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations." This was recorded March 12 in Washington.

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