Diary One – Sylvester Stallone Hooked on Rocky's Gloves

American actor Sylvestre Stallone hung up the gloves of Rocky Balboa, the boxer character who awarded him three Oscar nominations and who will perform for the last time in "Creed II".

"I just want to thank everyone around the world for hosting the Rocky family in their hearts for over 40 years," the 72-year-old New York artist wrote today. Instagram.

"It has been a privilege for me to be able to create and interpret this important character and even if it breaks my heart, unfortunately everything has to stop," he said.

In a video accompanying the publication, Stallone is maintained on the beach, next to a campfire, the last day of work with the production team of "Creed II", which has started last week in the United States.

"It's probably my last rodeo because what I thought would happen happened, I did not expect it," he said.

"I thought Rocky had finished in 2006 and he was happy.This young boy has suddenly arrived and the whole story has changed.

He followed a new generation, new problems, new adventures, "he added, referring to his co-star in" Creed ", Michael B. Jordan, who" now leads the torch. "

"And I could not be happy because by taking a step back, seeing how my story was told, there is a whole new world open to the public, to this generation," she said. he declared.

"Rocky" (1976), which tells the story of Rocky Balboa, despised Italian-American boxer, was nominated for 10 Oscars in March 1977. He won three awards: Best Film, Best Director and Best Edition.

Stallone was then nominated for his interpretation and his original screenplay, then in 2016 for the same character as Balboa in the first installment of "Creed". He never won the coveted statuette.

Stallone returns to the big screen in 2019 with another of his mythical characters: "Rambo 5: Last Blood".