Henry Winkler channeled Sylvester Stallone to help land his iconic 'Happy Days' role
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Henry Winkler says after working with Sylvester Stallone, he channeled his confidence and speech when auditioning for his iconic role of "The Fonz" on his sitcom "Happy Days."
"They wanted a taller actor to start. They wanted a big Italian. They got a short Jew," Winkler joked of the original casting for his "Happy Days" character. "But I had an Italian in me. I liked pasta, and I thought that, that counts," he shared on "The Jennifer Hudson Show." Caroline Thayer is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Follow Caroline Thayer on Twitter at @carolinejthayer. Story tips can be sent to caroline.thayer@fox.com.
Having just completed filming his movie "The Lords of Flatbush" with Stallone, Winkler says the actor was on his mind when he went into his audition for the sitcom shortly after. The movie was released in 1974, the same year Winkler's show premiered.
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