Is it true that Sylvester Stallone lives at home to the turtles playing in the film "Rocky"?

In recent years, a relatively fresh photograph of an American actor is walking along social networks against the background of a aquarium with two pretty turtles. It is reported that Stallone sheltered them after joint filming in the 1976 film "Rocky". We checked if it was true.

This is what the text accompanied this cute photo in the many reposts of the Russian -speaking publications on Facebook in 2019: “Sylvester Stallone House of Armed Forcese The turtles from the film "Rocky" also live. Remember, his hero buys them in a pet store, caring for a girl who works there? The turtles survived the divorce and several crossings with the actor. They are older than all the children of Stallone - they are 45 years old, and they are in great shape. ”

In the same year, the news about the fate of star turtles went around a number of Ukrainian and Russian entertainment sites (Lifter, Nastroy, "TV-guide" Gazeta.ua). At the same time, the last two reported that the actor did not just take the turtles on the set of Rocky, but stole. In 2021, the news triumphantly returned to Facebook - more than 78,000 reposts In one August week in English, Speaking And in the Russian -language segment of the social network. Moreover, this information can be found on the page of the film on an authoritative site IMDBas well as on a popular resource PEOPLE.

Indeed, in the legendary film "Rocky", which 45 years ago glorified Sylvester Stallone, you can see two red -eared turtles, which in the Russian translation are the name of cuffs and cufflinks. They live in the apartment of the protagonist.

At the same time in captivity red -eared turtles Live About 45-50 years, so theoretically they could survive to this day.

Moreover, on May 5, 2018, Sylvester Stallone really posted on his Instagram in question Photo With the signature: “On the shooting of“ Creed-2 ”(the eighth film about Rocky Balboa.-Approx. Ed.) Together with my friends from the first Rocky, a cuff and a gulf, who are now about 44 years old.”

But it is not clear from the signature whether Stallone lives with these turtles or simply met them on new shootings. However, the likely answer to this question came much earlier than the appearance of the next boxer film. Back in 2006, the newspaper Philadelphia Inquirer I called Local resident Joseph Marx. In 1976, he was the owner of the J& M Tropical Fish institution, who played the role of a pet store in the film - the place of work of the girl Edrian, from whom Rocky Balboa bought turtles. After filming, 5-year-old animals found a constant refuge in J&M. In 2005, Marx had to close the institution, and soon he accidentally saw Stallon on the street and reminded himself and turtles. The actor recognized the man, after which he borrowed twins for filming in his film “Rocky Balboa” (2006) - the sixth in the popular series. Joseph has preserved a corresponding receipt about this, confirming that these are original turtles. In 2016, ex-j & m finally demolishedhowever, turtles, like reported The 71-year-old Marx a year later in an interview with the same Philadelphia Inquirer, they still lived with him. And in 2018, as we already know, they played in the new film of the franchise Stallone.

However, already in August 2021 from comments on the virus post about turtles on the site Reddit It turned outthat completely different turtles took part in the shooting of 2018, not original cuffs with a beam. New actors (or actresses) Provided The Center for the Nature of Bruar Bush in Abington, Pennsylvania. Animal curator Katie Fisk confirmed new information and showed their photos. She complained that the scenes with new red-eared friends of Rocky were not included in the final version of Creed-2. The resource Popsugar published this information back in 2019, but for some reason it was not widespread. Moreover, in 2021 it was bypassed by the fact of a factory resource Snopes. But the fate of the original pets of Joseph Marx is currently unknown, although they may well be alive - Katie Fisk assured that this species could live up to 75 years.

Nevertheless, with a high degree of confidence, we can say that at least until 2017, turtles from the first film about Rocky did not live with Sylvester Stallone, but with the owner of the institution, who played the role of a pet store.

Most likely not true

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