Basement self-tape won Ippolito role as young Stallone

Anthony Ippolito secured the role of young Sylvester Stallone in Peter Farrelly's 'I Play Rocky' with a scriptless self-tape shot in his grandmother's basement, according to Variety. Farrelly ended the casting search after viewing the tape, according to Variety. Ippolito had no script or guidance and copied Rocky's physicality, according to Variety.