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Judd
05-12-2012, 04:33 AM
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(Photo: Everett Collection)There's always something new to discover in Vatican City. Anthony Zonfrell, 20, a visitor to the holy city did a double take when he saw Sylvester Stallone in one of Raphael's masterpieces. OK, so it wasn't really Stallone. But the man who brought to life "Rocky," "Rambo" -- and is reprising his role in "The Expendables 2" this summer -- does bear more than a passing resemblance to an unnamed onlooker in a 1511 painting of Pope Gregory IX approving the Vatical Decretals.
Note the cheekbones. Note the heavy eyelids. Note the nose, the hair, the chiseled chin. Heck, everything about the holy man in the painting looks like Sly.

It's interesting to note that Stallone is himself a painter.
Of course, this isn't the first time a current celebrity was thought to resemble someone from way back when. Some wonder if Jack Black and Paul Revere are one and the same. A year or so ago, somebody discovered an old photo of a Civil War soldier who looked a lot like Nicolas Cage.
In an interview with David Letterman, Cage acknowledged the similarities, but insisted that he wasn't a time traveler from the 19th century.
Stallone's publicist had no comment.
Soure: Yahoo

tukiya
05-12-2012, 04:57 AM
actually its looks more like armand assante

CloudStrife7x
05-12-2012, 05:25 AM
i dont see the resemblance lol

thegutta
05-12-2012, 05:48 AM
Lol it kind off looks like him

neoeljin
05-12-2012, 10:24 AM
It must be one of his European ancestors. They look the same!

revsix6
05-12-2012, 04:32 PM
They look kind of similar.