When Sylvester Stallone left with tears streaming down his face after being forced to sell his beloved dog, he swore to himself that he would came back and bought my dog ​​back.

Sylvester Stallone is undeniably one of the biggest Hollywood stars of all time. The 1980s movie star is not only famous for his roles in the films Rambo, Demolition Man, The Specialist and countless other hit film projects.

But the biggest and best of his career was the Rocky series – which hit TV screens at 10:15pm on ITV.

Before Rocky became a global phenomenon, Stallone was just an ordinary person; is a small person in Hollywood trying to make a living every day.

At the time, in the mid-1970s, he had a pregnant wife, Sasha Czack, and no money in his bank account. He wandered around Hollywood trying to sell the Rocky movie script to all the major film production companies, but no one agreed to make this movie, leaving him stranded and without money.

Stallone, who is said to have a net worth of around $400 million, had to make the heartbreaking decision to make enough money to buy food.

Stallone wrote the script for Rocky, but he set some conditions for the film, he wanted to play the main male character in the film, wanted to have full control over the film’s creations until the final scene.

These requests were beyond what was allowed by most film companies, so he was rejected again and continued to have no income, with a new baby on the way and rent to pay. Houses are increasing.

In an act of desperation, he went to a local pub and began selling his prized dog, Butkus, to the customers for $100. Stallone found a buyer, but he had to leave in tears. Unfortunately, the only buyer he found only paid $50 for the dog. He was heartbroken, but agreed and cried all the way home.

He talked about that incident in 2013 : “Yes, I sold my Bull Mastiff , named Butkus, to a small person. I tied him up at the store with a sign that said the price was $100.” . I got $50 from a man named Little Jimmy.”

Stallone was heartbroken when he had to sell his beloved dog – but in the end, luck came to him. Just a week later, Stallone sold the Rocky script to United Artists for the princely sum of $1 million.

Although this was not a large sum for a feature-length film, it was enough to fulfill the first item on his to-do list; The first is to buy back your dog.

But there’s a big problem Stallone has to face: a man named Little Jimmy. Stallone recalled: “When I sold the Rocky script, I went to Little Jimmy and asked to buy the dog back. He pointed to his children and said Oh!

my children love this dog.” Stallone replied, “You’ve only had it a week!” He recalls: “Little Jimmy wanted to beat me up and said he would kill me – he was a little guy but quite crazy! I couldn’t hit him – the police would arrest me – so I offered to pay double the original amount”

Stallone said he received ” several threats ” from Little Jimmy before the two agreed to pay £3,000 for him to return Stallone’s dog.
However, he gave Little Jimmy a chance in his film career.

Stallone revealed that he gave Little Jimmy a role in the movie Rocky, when it was released in 1976. Stallone said: “I finally gave him a role in the movie. You remember in Rocky, there was a guy Small man says “Hey you”.