I Play Rocky Ignites Oscar Buzz at TIFF as 27-Year-Old Anthony Ippolito Breaks Out
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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Sep 14
I Play Rocky Ignites Oscar Buzz at TIFF as 27-Year-Old Anthony Ippolito Breaks Out
3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Sep 14
Summary
Anthony Ippolito, 27, emerged as a best-actor contender after I Play Rocky drew mid-film applause and a lengthy standing ovation at its Toronto world premiere.
Peter Farrelly’s film about the inspiration for and making of 1976’s Rocky split critics but played strongly with festival audiences, echoing the TIFF path of his eventual best-picture winner Green Book.
Nov. 6 is when Amazon/MGM begins the U.S. rollout, with the film also boosting awards prospects for a broader cast that includes AnnaSophia Robb, Tracy Letts and Jay Duplass.
Sylvester Stallone, now 80, could still shape that campaign: Farrelly said he liked the finished film, but any public backlash over a project he was not directly involved in could hurt its Oscar chances.