Eye of the tiger: Tourists get surprise selfie on the ‘Rocky’ steps

A group of tourists who ran up the “Rocky” steps got a knockout photo at the top - a selfie with Rocky himself. Peter Rowe said he and two friends had just finished racing up the staircase at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Saturday when they saw Sylvester Stallone. He then posed for a selfie with the trio, putting up one fist. Stallone made the art museum’s steps famous in his first turn as fictional boxer Rocky Balboa, who used them as part of his training regimen. Thousands of people now visit the steps each year to re-create the run and to take pictures with a Rocky statue, which originally was a prop in “Rocky III.” Stallone is in Philadelphia for the shooting of “Creed,” the latest installment in the series. It stars Michael B. Jordan, who appeared in “Fruitvale Station,” as the grandson of early Rocky foe Apollo Creed.

He said to us, ‘Man, you guys are fast. You’re making me look bad!’ What are the chances of meeting him, that celebrity, right there?

Tourist Peter Rowe, who ran into ‘Rocky’ star Sylvester Stallone

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