Earlier this year the first season of “This Is Us” wrapped, racking up no less than 10 Emmy nominations (it was initially 11, but one was just revoked for a technicality) as it won the hearts and watered the eyes of many.
The show has a special “Rocky” connection, too, as lead actor Milo Ventimiglia, who portrays Jack Pearson on the show, previously played Rocky Balboa Jr. in 2006’s “Rocky Balboa.”
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Thursday during the Television Critics Association’s summer meetings, “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman -- who is also a Penn alum -- announced Sylvester Stallone, procured from Ventimiglia’s connection to the actor, will be a guest star on the upcoming season.
Ventimiglia said in an interview that Stallone will be instrumental to the storyline of Kevin Pearson, portrayed by Justin Hartley.
“Sly and I had a lot of good conversations and he’s an artist, he goes to good material,” Ventimiglia said.
"Reaching out and calling him was a very easy to do, and he’s been very good and very kind to me over the years."