"Rocky Balboa" will be an Oscar winner! The movie
is phenomenal! Robust with it's message of hope,
the film reinforces that true winners never quit even
in the face of adversity. Stallone has
created a character that we can all relate to and this
is the reason for Rocky's huge success. Balboa communicates to our hearts and motivates us to keep
fighting! The movie will be opening December 20 in
locale theaters.
It was after the movie that we were clued in on where the live interview with Slyvester Stallone would
take place. For a brief moment, after entering the
hotel, I felt like a V.I.P. and it was so much fun being
in this position. I told a staff member that I was there
for the interview and when she checked the itinerary
she didn't see Slyvester Stallone listed anywhere.
She was so kind as she pointed me in the direction of
the main office way down a lengthy hall. Little did
I know that the hotel went through such tremendous efforts in keeping the mega star's appearance under guard that even some of their employee's were unaware
of his attendance. However when I inquired as to where
I should be for the conference, I was escorted to the
proper location with no questions asked of me. At
first, I was intimidated that the room was so small
because that meant any moment Slyvester Stallone
could see me and part of me wanted to run and hide.
I didn't like that feeling of being star struck and having
to worry if I do or say something wrong. Stallone has
a knack though of making you feel very welcome. He
came in with a very big smile and sat down around
the conference table as if we all were family waiting for
our meal to arrive. There was about fifteen of us there
and I was ok as long as he was on the opposite end
of this set up. He gave us the details of how he met
his wife and how much she means to him, both
spiritually and naturally. Than I get this bright idea to
ask him a question and yes, my worse fear reared
it's ugly head. I stood up and mid-way through my
sentence my mouth froze. Oh my gosh, what a moment. It made me so embarrassed. My reason in
sharing such a humiliating moment is to stress the
kindness that Stallone really shows others. He was
so patient and tolerating in waiting for me to finish
my inquiry. Although he had mentioned that the
Rocky character was patterned after himself, I actually
bore full witness of this by that event. Slyvester Stallone
has a very big heart! Later I went up to thank him for
putting me at ease when he jumped out of his chair
and gave me a big bear hug! It's been over a week but
my head still spins when I think about it. The entire
opportunity starting from the phone call until meeting
Slyvester Stallone proved to be such a blessing and
to think that it started with a genuine prayer from myself
for some guidance and inspiration. God certainly does
move in mysterious ways!
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