We go down the Rocky rabbit hole to understand how the fictional fighter grew from one man’s rough sketch into a global icon. Exploring Stallone’s Instagram art history lessons, interviews about his paintings with Oprah, and a limited-edition art book worth thousands of dollars, we learn that hiding behind the macho action star is a man who longs to be understood as a thoughtful artist.
Show Notes

Sly Stallone meets Rocky Balboa
Official website for filmmaker André Robert Lee
Sylvester Stallone, Rocky. The Complete Films
Sylvester Stallone, The Official Rocky Scrapbook
Stallone on the Oprah Winfrey Show
Stallone giving a tour of his painting exhibition, 2011