London
(ANI):
Sylvester
Stallone
has
admitted
that
he
will
not
play
his
one-time
dream
role
of
Edgar
Allen
Poe
in
a
big-budget
biopic,
for
he
thinks
he
is
the
wrong
man
to
play
the
horror
writer.
Stallone
revealed
that
he's
still
very
much
involved
in
plans
to
make
a
Poe
movie,
which
he
has
written.
However,
he
accepts
the
idea
of
him
directing
and
starring
in
the
film
has
become
a
"big
parody",
and
he's
glad
the
project
never
got
off
the
ground
with
him
as
the
author.
"I
do
have
a
script
that's
gone
through
20
mutations.
Every
few
years
I
take
it
out
and
rework
it
and
update
it," the
Daily
Express
quoted
him
as
telling
Cigar
Aficionado
magazine.
"What
fascinates
me
about
Poe
is
that
he
was
such
an
iconoclast.
It's
a
story
for
every
young
man
or
woman
who
sees
themselves
as
a
bit
outside
the
box,
or
has
been
ostracised
during
their
life
as
an
oddball
or
too
eccentric.
It
didn't
work
for
him
either.
"His
work
was
too
hip
for
the
room...
but
he
developed
the
modern
mystery
story.
He
was
also
one
of
the
great
cryptologists;
there
were
very
few
codes
he
couldn't
crack.
He
was
just
an
extraordinary
guy,"
he
added.
And
when
asked
if
he
still
wanted
to
play
Poe,
Stallone
said:
"I
did
at
one
time.
Thank
God
that
never
happened."