Sylvester Stallone in Cop Land (1997) took a huge risk: he accepted just $60,000—the SAG minimum—compared to his usual $20 million action-star paycheck, all to prove himself as a dramatic actor. Surrounded by De Niro, Keitel, and Liotta, Stallone shed his action-hero image and delivered a restrained, wounded performance as Sheriff Freddy Heflin, quietly becoming the film’s emotional anchor.

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