Poor guy. Sylvester Stallone won't be getting his usual $20 million-a-film salary for playing a hearing-impaired New Jersey sheriff in an upcoming movie.

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Instead, the star of the "Rocky" films will work for scale in "Copland," which will be shot beginning this summer in New Jersey. Scale is about $1,800 a week."This movie comes at an extremely nostalgic moment, since Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of `Rocky,' " Stallone said Wednesday. "My career began with character-driven films, and this part brings me full circle."

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