Sylvester Stallone says Hollywood abandoned Middle America as Taylor Sheridan found an ignored audience
Fox News · Lauryn Overhultz ·
Sylvester Stallone says Taylor Sheridan tapped into a Middle America audience Hollywood has ignored since John Wayne, and streaming is winning.
Sylvester Stallone didn't hold back when it came to Hollywood's biggest blind spot.
The "Tulsa King" star explained Taylor Sheridan found success by giving a forgotten audience exactly what it had been missing. According to Stallone, Sheridan tapped into something Hollywood had long ignored: an audience eager for stories rooted in Middle America.
"It's very, very important because that audience was ignored for centuries, it seems, since John Wayne," Stallone explained during an appearance on "The Rest Is Entertainment." "And he really mined a consciousness like, 'Oh, we forgot about that guy in the middle of America.' They're always writing about California and New York."
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