Sylvester Stallone is now famous for playing tough action heroes in movies. But before he made it big, his life was really hard. When he was a kid, his parents split up when he was 11 years old. This was tough on young Stallone. His family moved around a lot because they did not have much money. This made it hard for him to make friends or feel settled anywhere.
When Stallone grew up, he wanted to become an actor, as per BrightSide. So he moved to New York City to chase his dream. But things did not go well at first. He went to one audition after another, and nobody wanted to hire him. To pay his bills, he had to take whatever jobs he could find. He cleaned animal cages at the Central Park Zoo. The money from these jobs was barely enough to survive. During all this struggle, he had one true friend by his side. That was his dog Butkus, a bullmastiff who meant everything to him.
