Sometimes the stars align, literally.
There was a serendipitous moment at the Gold Derby offices on Thursday as I Play Rocky star Anthony Ippolito, who plays Sylvester Stallone and Rocky in the Amazon MGM Studios film, was exiting an interview just as Project Hail Mary performer James Ortiz, who voices and puppeteers Rocky the Eridian in the Amazon MGM Studios film. The two actors, both of whom are in the awards conversation for their respective Oscar-contending movies, hadn’t previously met and couldn’t believe they were crossing paths.
The two did a little “I play Rocky… no, I play Rocky” banter and posed for photos, while sharing how much they loved each other’s films and performances. Watch below.
Ortiz said he had been trying to manifest this moment for a while. But he still has another Rocky meet-up he hopes can happen. “There’s the Rocky Horror revival on Broadway right now,” he told us. “So I’d love for all three Rockys to get together.”
That would be an amaze-amaze-amazing Rocky-palooza.
Keep watching this space for our respective Rocky interviews.
