Sly thinks he can no longer pull off dramatic roles
August 12th, 2010 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, August 12 (ANI): Sylvester Stallone feels that his fans would not enjoy watching him doing serious plot lines.
The 64-year-old actor thinks he can no longer pull off dramatic roles, saying it would be “pathetic.”
“I’ve done my mind movies and I don’t think people are really too interested in seeing me do that anymore. I think I’m past my prime for doing dramatic films, it’s almost like a pathetic cry out to be recognised as a serious actor,” the Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying.
“I did my little moment, I’ve very proud of the drama in ‘Rocky Balboa’ and ‘Copland’ but I would much rather just direct dramas than act in them.”
Despite his long career in action movies, the Expendables actor insists he never wanted to be singled out as for his physical prowess.
He explained to Bang Showbiz: “I never set out to be an action actor, I was an ensemble actor. Rocky was an ensemble piece. Paradise Alley was an ensemble movie.
“Then along came First Blood and that was the beginning of something unusual. Once all the dialogue was cut out it was a completely visual film,” he added. (ANI)
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