Sylvester Stallone faced rejection long before Hollywood. Raised in a broken home, he endured emotional neglect and painful words from a mother scarred by her own trauma. At just four, he was left in a boarding house, surrounded by strangers, feeling forgotten,
Expelled from 13 schools, sleeping in bus stations, and told he wasn’t “leading man” material, Stallone battled stigma, poverty, and a partially paralyzed face.
