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Peter Farrelly Discusses ‘I Play Rocky’ and His Best-Known Films
Peter Farrelly discussed his films at a Los Angeles event on Saturday, including his latest movie, ‘I Play Rocky.’
The film tells the story of making ‘Rocky,’ with Anthony Ippolito playing Sylvester Stallone.
Farrelly said Stallone quickly approved the script after he decided to move ahead with the project.
Farrelly also recalled that studios and actors rejected ‘Dumb & Dumber’ for years, and that Jim Carrey suggested its eventual title.
He said the hair-gel scene stayed in ‘There’s Something About Mary’ despite the studio’s concerns, becoming one of the film’s best-known moments.
Farrelly urged writers to keep going after rejection, drawing on his own experience.
A video of the event’s panel is expected to be posted on Monday.
Peter Farrelly discussed his films at Deadline’s Contenders Film Los Angeles event on Saturday.
The Contenders Hall of Fame honoree spoke with Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr about his latest film, I Play Rocky.
Farrelly said the script received quick approval from Sylvester Stallone.
He recalled that every studio and actor passed on the Dumb & Dumber script before it was made.
Farrelly also discussed the hair gel scene in There’s Something About Mary, which the studio had opposed.
- Who
- Peter Farrelly, director, screenwriter and producer.
- What
- He discussed I Play Rocky and several of his best-known films.
- When
- Saturday; the article was published on November 14, 2026.
- Where
- Deadline’s Contenders Film Los Angeles event.
- Why
- He was a Contenders Hall of Fame honoree and discussed his films and the process of making them.
Film studio
Peter Farrelly
Dumb & Dumber script
Film studio
Every studio passed on the script, according to Farrelly.
Peter Farrelly
Farrelly believed the script was right and continued pushing forward.
There’s Something About Mary scenes
Film studio
The studio did not want the zipper joke or the hair gel scene.
Peter Farrelly
Farrelly said the hair gel scene stayed in the film.
Farrelly said he and his co-writer had written the script.
Farrelly changed the title to A Power Tool Is Not a Toy, after which he said people started reading the script.
Dumb & Dumber was released.
Farrelly discussed I Play Rocky and his films at Deadline’s Contenders Film Los Angeles event.
- Event
- Deadline’s Contenders Film Los Angeles
- Latest film discussed
- I Play Rocky
- I Play Rocky star
- Anthony Ippolito, who plays Sylvester Stallone
- Dumb & Dumber release year
- 1994
- Alternative title
- A Power Tool Is Not a Toy
What people are saying
The bravest thing I ever did in my life was decide to write when I was in my mid-20s
We wrote that script five years before it got made, and it was the exact same script
Every studio passed, every actor passed.