Tulsa King

2023 - 3 - 15

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Tulsa King's Sylvester Stallone Wanted Dwight To Seem Like A 'Pet ... (Looper)

From the Philadelphia boxer Rocky Balboa to the war-torn soldier Rambo, they all tend to lean toward the tough guy formula. But Sly surprisingly opted to go a ...

"The fact that I'm playing a gangster with the gray hair who's still aggressive, and still an Alpha, is pretty exciting to me." "The idea is: They come up with an idea, a concept, but if you're a writer, you know how to tailor things to your strengths and deflect your weaknesses." The actor added, "It's like having a pet tiger, 'Oh, he wouldn't hurt a fly,' yeah, he would, he's a tiger; he can purr and all that, but beware." "So I thought, 'Huh, the one thing I've never seen is a gangster who's a little off-kilter, has a sense of humor, is a prankster and very loose' — not intimidating, but you know he's a gangster." Stallone definitely wanted his mob boss performance to stand out, but it wasn't a bull or fish that he had in mind when developing "The General." Ben Travers from [IndieWire](https://www.indiewire.com/2022/11/tulsa-king-review-sylvester-stallone-show-1234780852/) wrote, "Stallone playing a fish out of water who's also a bull in a china shop proves perpetually entertaining."

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Can Sylvester Stallone land an Emmy nomination for 'Tulsa King'? (Goldderby)

His films have collectively earned more than $4.5 billion at the box office worldwide, and he has three Oscar nominations to his credit.

See our [latest prediction champs](https://www.goldderby.com/best-prediction-scores/awards/league-data/). [the 2023 Emmy nominees through July 12](https://www.goldderby.com/leagues/) [Make your predictions](https://www.goldderby.com/leagues/) at Gold Derby now. Speak up and share your huffy opinions in our [famous forums](https://www.goldderby.com/forums/) where 5,000 showbiz leaders lurk every day to track latest awards buzz. Download our free and easy app for [Apple/iPhone devices](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1460576753) or [Android (Google Play)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pmc.goldDerby) to compete against legions of other fans plus our experts and editors for best prediction accuracy scores. [Tulsa King](https://www.goldderby.com/t/tulsa-king/),” which stars the 76-year-old Stallone in his first foray onto the small screen. He has received some 35 Razzie nominations to date and won the Worst Actor award four times, more than anyone else: “Rhinestone” (1984), “Rambo: First Blood Part II” and “Rocky IV” (1985), “Rambo III” (1988) and “Stop! He also has the most Worst Actor nominations of all time (15). [Sylvester Stallone](https://www.goldderby.com/t/sylvester-stallone/) doesn’t boast a particularly impressive personal awards history given that he once starred in an Academy Award Best Picture winner (“Rocky,” 1977) and his films have collectively earned more than $4.5 billion in box office worldwide. And that doesn’t even count his wins for Worst Actor of the 1980s and Worst Actor of the 20th Century. Reviews of the show were decidedly mixed upon its premiere, but you might say there was grudging respect for Stallone’s performance. In the show that premiered last November, he portrays Dwight “The General” Manfredi, a Mafia capo who recently got out of prison and is sent to Tulsa, OK to establish criminal operations there. [Daniel Montgomery points out](https://www.goldderby.com/article/2020/sylvester-stallone-rambo-last-blood-razzies-record/), Stallone is basically the Meryl Streep of the Razzies.

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