Sylvester Stallone isn’t apologizing for putting his daughter on “Tulsa King.”
The 80-year-old actor acknowledged in an interview with USA Today that nepotism played a part in the casting of Scarlet Rose Stallone, who plays Spencer on the Paramount+ drama.
“First they go, ‘Nepotism is terrible,’” Mr. Stallone said. “I said, ‘Oh, please, you’re not a good parent if you haven’t performed a little nepotism. Then obviously you don’t care about your kids, because they come first.’”
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“Of course it’s nepotism, you idiot,” Mr. Stallone said, adding that parents want the best for their children and so give them every advantage.
But he said an opening only goes so far. Whether his daughter can sustain her success, he said, is “out of our hands.” Stallone’s point was that a parent can open a door, but the child has to prove she belongs on the other side.
Ms. Stallone, 24, has appeared throughout the show’s four seasons, TheWrap reported. Her role grows in Season 4, in which Spencer, a former barista turned horse caretaker at Fennario Ranch, is drawn deeper into the operation of Mr. Stallone’s character. Paramount+ has also promoted her to series regular for Season 5, according to TVLine.
Stallone plays Dwight “The General” Manfredi, a mob boss exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, after 25 years in prison. Season 4 premiered Oct. 16.
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