He Was Homeless, Sold His Dog for Food, and Hollywood Called Him “Too Ugly” — Then He Became a Global Icon

He entered the world already marked as “less than,” his face partially paralyzed by a birth complication that would define his look and voice forever. Teachers, classmates, even professionals treated those scars as a verdict. Yet the very traits that made Sylvester Stallone a punchline became the raw material of a character no one could…