Sylvester Stallone & Martin Starr Answer The Web's Most Searched Questions

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Sylvester Stallone &amp; Martin Starr visit WIRED to answer their most searched for questions on Google.  Season 3 of Tulsa King premieres September 21 on Paramount+ (finale November 23)  Director: Justin Wolfson Director of Photography: Charile Jordan  Editor: Sam DiVito Talent: Sylvester Stallone; Martin Starr Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen Associate Producer: Brandon White  Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Talent Booker: Mica Medoff Camera Operator: Chris Eustache Gaffer: Duell Davis Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen Production Assistant: Sonia Butt Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo Additional Editor: Daniel Berlin Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

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00:00Hi, I'm Martin Stallone.

00:02And I'm Sylvester Starr.

00:04And you're watching the Wired Incomplete Interview.

00:07Hi, I'm Sylvester Stallone.

00:09And I'm Martin Starr and you're watching the Wired Autocomplete Interview.

00:16Bravo, bravo.

00:18Hey, we did it.

00:22Here we go.

00:23Why is Sylvester Stallone?

00:25Let me have it.

00:26Hold on, there's more.

00:28It's called Sly.

00:30Okay.

00:31Sylvester was a name I was given.

00:35Because usually in an Italian family, the firstborn male is named after the grandfather.

00:40Luckily, Sylvester.

00:42But at that time, there was a very famous cartoon character named Sylvester.

00:46And I delivered that, so I changed it to Mike.

00:49And then I walked around in New York for a couple of years.

00:52I was a total unknown.

00:53I said, well, I might as well be unknown Sylvester.

00:56Because at least you're going to remember that name.

00:58So we went back and did Sly.

01:01Juxtapositioned the L and Y.

01:03And luckily, there was a great singer named Sly and the Family Stone.

01:07So I just borrowed it permanently.

01:10Who does Sylvester Stallone support football?

01:14Who does Sylvester Stallone support football?

01:17The Philadelphia Eagles, of course.

01:19That was my fantasy.

01:20As a matter of fact, my favorite player wore 22.

01:24And I wore 22 in high school when I was made the team captain.

01:27And I had the dubious distinction of having lost every game.

01:310 and 10.

01:32They're good right now.

01:33It's almost as good as 10 and 0.

01:35It's pretty hard to do.

01:36Pretty hard to do.

01:37How much can Sylvester Stallone curl?

01:44Right now, the most I think curls my hair.

01:48But at one time, I guess, you know, see, Martin said cheek curl and a strict curl.

01:54Right, I know.

01:55Cheat curl, yeah, you know, it's 155, 160, cheek curl.

02:01And a strict curl, I don't know.

02:03I didn't do it too much.

02:04It's a very dangerous, you can tell your muscles that I have.

02:07Probably about 110.

02:10Which one's a cheek curl?

02:11Cheat curl's where you use your body.

02:13Swing, the old swing.

02:14It's a swing.

02:15Yeah, you do a lot more.

02:16I can do plenty of cheek curls.

02:18Can Sylvester Stallone ride a horse?

02:22Yeah, that's one thing I can do.

02:24I started out riding very, very early and riding very cantankerous horses.

02:29Because my father used to buy horses like for $35, $40.

02:33So I learned to ride on that.

02:35At one time, I wanted to be a professional equestrian.

02:38That was my goal.

02:39And I played amateur polo for until I was around 40.

02:44And then I had my last game at the field in Wellington in Florida.

02:48And I said, sayonara, because you cannot trust anything that can gallop and poop at the same time.

02:54That is a good decision.

02:57It seems hard with the polo stick.

03:00Like it's such a small ball.

03:01It's literally like trying to hit a golf ball during an earthquake with a blindfold.

03:06Yeah.

03:09Wow.

03:10These won't be as interesting.

03:12This will be.

03:13How did Martin Starr get his start?

03:17I got lucky.

03:18That's how it happened.

03:19I didn't hustle probably as hard as you had to.

03:22I got real lucky.

03:23I got a TV show at 16.

03:24And then.

03:25At 16.

03:26Off to the races.

03:27Yeah.

03:28Very good.

03:29How old was Martin Starr when?

03:3315 years old.

03:34Stop.

03:35When you did Rocky, how old were you?

03:37How old were you?

03:38I was right.

03:39Like 29 and three quarters.

03:40I was right at the.

03:41The quarters.

03:42You were even.

03:43You were counting the quarters though.

03:44Yeah.

03:45For sure.

03:46I appreciate that.

03:47Who did Martin Starr play in Super Bat?

03:52One of the coke heads?

03:53You guys.

03:54You guys ever heard of cocaine?

03:56I can see why they cast you because you speak so quickly.

03:59Mm-hmm.

04:00Yeah.

04:02Okay.

04:03Martin Starr.

04:04Mmm.

04:05Hey, look at us, son.

04:07Going to the chapel and we're going to get.

04:10What does that mean?

04:11People are Googling us.

04:12Really?

04:13Yeah.

04:14Well, we appreciate it.

04:15We do.

04:16And we have a big surprise coming your way September 21st.

04:19Come and get it.

04:21Here we go.

04:22What is Tulsa King about with Sylvester Stallone?

04:27Do we have a week?

04:28First of all, the first season was I do a big favor.

04:31I'm in prison for 25 years expecting to be rewarded when I get out.

04:35Instead, I'm banished to Tulsa, which I have no idea who's there.

04:40And I have to build a new life.

04:42And I start to build it with a very odd individual like the man on my left here.

04:47And it turns out to be a great gathering of interesting characters.

04:51Not to brag.

04:52Why did Sylvester Stallone write Rocky?

04:56Here we go.

04:57Because I was broke.

04:58I was very close to him.

04:59It was like the last shot, last moment.

05:01This was it.

05:02We're all in.

05:03Period.

05:04So I wrote it because I realized I wasn't getting the kind of role I could really wrap my teeth around.

05:09I was always like the third guy through the door.

05:11And I said, this is going to be it.

05:12I'm going to be like thug number three.

05:14So why don't I write a story about a thug with a good heart?

05:17And actually, he's a very interesting fella because he had the same problems as everybody.

05:22So people identify with this because it's more of a love story than a fight story.

05:27So it had all the components.

05:28But it was a tree into one shadow.

05:32It was a minor miracle.

05:33So I'm still grateful.

05:35Yeah.

05:36Who did Sylvester Stallone based Rocky on?

05:39Well, I'm glad you asked that.

05:41A lot of people think it was based on a fella named Chuck Wepner, Bayonne Bleeder.

05:45And I'll tell you, it was really based on Rocky Marciana, who he and I were literally almost the same size.

05:51He didn't start fighting until he was around 24.

05:54He stopped in the 50s.

05:56So I didn't think any of the studios, hardly anyone unless you were a boxing fan would remember him.

06:01And coincidentally, Ali, Muhammad Ali fought Chuck Wepner.

06:05Chuck sort of stepped on his toe.

06:07Ali got knocked down and it became a big deal.

06:10So when I was trying to pitch the show to studios, I used that as this is the possibility.

06:17This could actually be quite relevant and exciting where this incredible underdog knocks down the ultimate.

06:23Because everyone secretly wants to take one big shot at life and see if they can knock it down.

06:28So that was the identification.

06:30What's the news on Sylvester Stallone?

06:33What's the news?

06:34What's the haps with Sylvester?

06:35Well, you know, we're getting ready for the next season.

06:38We're going to start filming at the end of October.

06:41We premiere September 21st.

06:44So we're doing a lot of work with the writers.

06:47Terrence went to the original writer on it.

06:49And we're coming up with a lot of surprises.

06:51So that's pretty much it.

06:52And I'm finishing writing this biography about the genesis of Rocky,

06:57which is being done by Harper's and Collins.

07:00And that'll be out in springtime.

07:02Am I going to get a free copy?

07:04Or?

07:05Definitely.

07:08Martin.

07:09Martin Starr.

07:10Boy.

07:12Bodhi.

07:13Yep.

07:14I got taken over by the mob.

07:16But he's also a mad genius that takes us to a new level.

07:20And next season, we're really going places with your AI brain.

07:25So you heard it here first.

07:26There you go.

07:27I just made it up.

07:29Martin Starr on Silicon Valley.

07:32That's it.

07:33The good old days.

07:34Guilfoyle, Dinesh, Mike Judge and Alec Berg.

07:38That was a good run.

07:40It's a different vibe in a comedy than on a drama.

07:43I think there's different focus.

07:45Like, we get to do more action stuff.

07:47And there's a lot more focus on making sure story beats are all connected.

07:53And with comedy, you kind of get to focus on the play of it.

08:00Which I guess we get to do a lot, too.

08:01I know.

08:02But this season, you really get very dramatic.

08:05You're wound up in some scenes there.

08:07And I don't think people are just, oh, wow.

08:10I thought he just does dry comedy.

08:13No, no, no.

08:14Not at all.

08:15You run the gamut.

08:16Congrats.

08:17Martin Starr.

08:20MCU crossover.

08:22I was in Spider-Man.

08:24And then, technically, I was also in The Hulk.

08:26Kevin Feige once said that the two characters were connected.

08:29But I don't necessarily understand how that is.

08:33But I respect his overall view of the MCU world.

08:38So I won't disagree with him.

08:40But I played a pizza man in Hulk and then played a teacher in Mr. Harrington in Spider-Man.

08:46That's the full spectrum, man.

08:47Hey.

08:48I've had a good run.

08:49Martin Starr.

08:50Glow Up.

08:51Glow Up.

08:52Glow Up.

08:53TBD.

08:54We're still working on it.

08:55It'll happen.

08:56But, you know, patience.

08:58Appreciate your patience.

08:59What is it?

09:00Glow Up is like when you go from being very unattractive to then all of a sudden you're

09:06now attractive.

09:07Oh, okay.

09:08So we're still working.

09:09We're working our way there.

09:10I think you're getting taller every episode.

09:12Just saying.

09:13Yeah, no, I'm working.

09:14I'm adding vertebrae in.

09:15All right, slide.

09:16Did you have fun?

09:17Yeah, I did.

09:18Good hanging with you.

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