Tracy Letts on “I Play Rocky,” Improv, and His Extensive Movie Collection | The Daily Show

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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor Tracy Letts joins Jordan Klepper to talk about his new film, “I Play Rocky,” which chronicles the making of the 1976 film, “Rocky.” Letts shares why he doesn’t buy the legend that Sylvester Stallone wrote the entire “Rocky” screenplay in three days and what it’s like to film in the same Philadelphia neighborhoods where the original was shot. Plus, Letts …

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor Tracy Letts joins Jordan Klepper to talk about his new film, “I Play Rocky,” which chronicles the making of the 1976 film, “Rocky.” Letts shares why he doesn’t buy the legend that Sylvester Stallone wrote the entire “Rocky” screenplay in three days and what it’s like to film in the same Philadelphia neighborhoods where the original was shot. Plus, Letts …

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