Chuck (Liev Schreiber) mentions that even though Rocky (1976) was clearly inspired by his life and career, he never saw a penny for it. What the film doesn't show is that after his failed audition for Rocky II (1979), Sylvester Stallone promised the real Wepner a part in one of his future movies, but this never materialized, not even when Stallone was filming Cop Land (1997) close to Wepner's home. Wepner finally sued Stallone in 2003 for the use of his life story, which Stallone denied. The case was finally settled for an undisclosed sum.

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