'I Play Rocky' Star Anthony Ippolito Filmed His Own Audition Before He Even Had the Script

Anthony Ippolito was so excited to play Sylvester Stallone in a biopic about the making of "Rocky" that the up-and-coming actor shot an audition tape blindly, before he had even read a script or obtained sides. Ippolito stars as a young Stallone in Peter Farrelly's "I Play Rocky," which details the uphill battle to get "Rocky" made, which eventually won Best Picture at the Academy Awards in 1977. One of the buzziest titles this year at the festival, Ippolito said that he initially heard about the project through a news article and decided to take a shot before anyone even asked . . .