Has Sly ever cast himself in a NON-macho role?

Wasn't he something of a diva back in his day? Don't get me wrong, I love Sly as much as the next guy but if reports are to believed, Stallone was quite an egotist and hothead during his prime years (probably mellowed out a lot over the years, I presume).

Oh my lord... my parents took us to see that when we were kids. They were huge fans but that movie and his singing was abysmal. They did not know it was a comedy and he would be singing and were so angry for wasting money on it, lol.

That's a perfect example.

You guys are taking this rhetorical question way too literally.

I have it on bluray. 🤣

Once actors craft a "Macho" image of being dominant and successful, they practically never backpedal and take a role where they look like a desperate wimp in any way, even if they play a villain.

Like, could you imagine George Clooney taking on a role as a dork who can't get laid to save his life?

That's sort of what makes Sly and Tom Cruise outliers. Cruise took that role in TROPIC THUNDER where he's a dorky balding TV exec. Stallong did a similar move in COPLAND as a wimpy sheriff who looks the other way, but he did undergo an arc where he finds his strength at the end. I haven't seen RHINESTONE or STOP OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT but I think he was a little more "everyman" in those movies with a little more of his shy, sensitive side out that we saw in the first ROCKY movie. Whether or not you consider that macho is up to you. I think it depends on where his character lands at the end of the movie and I haven't really seen him end up as a cowardly follower at any point. Even his villainous role in DEATH RACE 2000 was played for ultimate machismo.

He writes so many macho roles for himself because he feels he's a macho guy in real life.
For a time back in the day. I think he actually believed he could box!
(Just like how Jason Statham actually believes he knows martial arts--beyond choreographed, MOVIE martial arts)