Anthony Ippolito won young Stallone role with unsolicited tape

Anthony Ippolito plays young Sylvester Stallone in Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky after landing the part with an unsolicited self-tape, according to Variety. The film, about Stallone writing Rocky and refusing to let anyone else star, bowed at Toronto, according to Variety. It opens Nov. 6, timed to Rocky's 50th anniversary, according to Variety.