In a clip from the new reality show The Family Stallone, screen legends Sylvester Stallone and Al Pacino sit down together to catch up about all manner of subjects, including the mystifying nature of modern technology for their generation.
Stallone is impressed that Pacino has watched his daughters’ podcast, saying Pacino might be more “tech-savvy” than him.
“Well, I can text,” Pacino said. “I haven’t been able to take a photo yet. My son keeps telling me, ‘Send me stuff, Dad. Send me stuff.’ I said, ‘I’ll ask Sly.'”
Without further ado, Stallone pulls out his phone and shows Pacino how to take a selfie: “This is how it works, see? You, me, me, you. High angle, this and that.”
Posing for the selfie inspires Pacino to note that his hair is looking darker than Stallone’s these days, even though he’s a few years older than the Rocky star.
“I got so tired of dyeing my hair,” Stallone says. “I said, ‘You know, enough already.'”
This inspires Pacino to ask if he’s being accused of dyeing his hair, but Stallone simply hugs him and says, “No, you’re a natural. Me, I’m unnatural.”
The first two episodes of The Family Stallone are streaming now on Paramount+.
Meanwhile, Sylvester Stallone gives a discouraging update on Tulsa King season 2 amid the ongoing writers’ strike. Rambo and Rocky star Stallone had avoided scripted television for most of his legendary acting career, until last year when he starred in the Paramount+ series Tulsa King from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan. Thanks in large part to Stallone’s presence in the series, Tulsa King became another huge hit for Paramount+ and Sheridan, and was quickly renewed for season 2.
Those looking forward to the further adventures of Dwight “The General” Manfredi in Tulsa King season 2 are sadly in for a longer wait than expected, as the show has joined the long list of TV series being delayed by the WGA strike. Stallone himself confirmed the news to Newsweek, while expressing support for the strike. Check out Stallone’s remarks in the space below:
“It’s definitely affecting work because we can’t move forward with a lot of projects, especially Tulsa King. But I think it’s changed so much that the writers do have a serious gripe […]. They’re in a grievance that it’s changed. There’s not enough work to keep all these writers going. And then they’re living in under this cloud of AI [artificial intelligence]. It’s a very terrifying time to be a writer. They work on, like, for our show [Tulsa King], eight episodes, and then you’re done, and that’s it. Like, ‘What do I live on for the rest of the year?’ sort of a thing. So I understand their plight.”
