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The biggest surprise of the 2016 Oscars came when the Best Supporting Actor award was handed to Mark Rylance for his performance in Bridge Of Spies – and not, as just about everyone had been expecting, to Sylvester Stallone for Creed.
Let’s not be coy: we know very well that, once a prominent actor reaches Stallone’s age, an award like this is more often than not a surrogate lifetime achievement award. For sentimental reasons alone, then, Stallone seemed a surefire winner. Not to mention the fact that this film saw him play his most famous role, a character he himself created, for the seventh time, and – more to the point – genuinely delivered one of his finest performances in the process.
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