Here Comes Rocky: Frank Grillo on the First Day With Stallone and Why TULSA KING Season 4 Hits Harder

Frank Grillo still gets quiet when he talks about the first day Sylvester Stallone walked toward him on a Tulsa King set. He had known Stallone. He had been to the house. None of it prepared him for Rocky crossing the casino floor. With Season Four premiering October 16 on Paramount+—Terence Winter back as head writer, stakes higher, political and criminal pressure closing in—Grillo sat down with Paul Salfen to talk about the boiling head of the new season, the Nick Nolte moment that made him a real actor at 39, and the Christopher Nolan Hail Mary that kept him in the game.