Sylvester Stallone defended casting his daughter, Scarlet Rose Stallone, in the crime drama “Tulsa King,” saying parents naturally want to give their children advantages. His remarks, reported by USA Today, came in response to criticism of nepotism in Hollywood.
Stallone said he did not dispute that the casting involved nepotism. He argued that helping one’s children is part of being a parent, while adding that whether they can maintain a high standard of work is a separate question and not something parents can control.
Scarlet, 24, plays Spencer on the series. She appeared beginning in its first season, and her character has a larger part in the fourth season as she becomes more involved in the family’s criminal operation, according to the supplied report. Stallone plays Dwight “The General” Manfredi, a New York mobster who tries to establish a criminal operation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after spending years in prison.
Stallone has three daughters with his wife, Jennifer Flavin: Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet.
The report also describes Stallone’s comments about injuries he sustained during his career, made while promoting the show’s fourth season. In an interview with Fox News Digital, he said work on “The Expendables” was followed by nine back operations and three neck fusions, and that both shoulders were injured. He said the experience had been brutal.
Stallone also said he would leave stunt work to professionals in the future. Reflecting on his earlier willingness to perform physically demanding work, he called that decision foolish and said he was not proud of having injured himself.
