US EditionSylvester Stallone Says He Initially Passed on 'Creed' Since Rocky Was Set to Die in Original Script: 'I Didn't Want to Do It'
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Sylvester Stallone Says He Initially Passed on 'Creed' Since Rocky Was Set to Die in Original Script: 'I Didn't Want to Do It'
Sylvester Stallone admitted he wasn’t eager to sign up for “Creed” when the concept was first pitched, as he didn’t like Ryan Coogler’s planned character arc for Rocky Balboa. Stallone opened up about his initial hesitation for the “Rocky” spinoff film during an interview with “GQ,” published Thursday, where he confessed that he wasn’t “comfortable” with the movie at first. “I dodged that bullet for two years, three years,” Stallone recalled. “A…
"Creed," directed and written by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan, brilliantly brought Sylvester Stallone back to the big screen as Rocky Balboa. However, Sly didn't agree right away—the director also wanted to kill Rocky in his film. But Stallone couldn't agree to that: That never worked for me.
Sylvester Stallone revealed that Rocky's character could have died in the first Creed directed by Ryan Coogler, which obviously did not please him. Even if it will be on the occasion of a biopic on the genesis of the film Rocky, the famous Philadelphia boxer will still change his face. L'Actor Anthony [...]
Sylvester Stallone initially passed on Creed because the original script killed off Rocky
Sylvester Stallone returned to his most famous role in Creed, but he initially refused to sign on because the original script killed off Rocky Balboa. “I was never comfortable,” Stallone told GQ. “I dodged that bullet for two years, three years. And Ryan Coogler was very persistent, kept pushing it. And we had the same agent, but I didn’t want to do it, because the way he had written it, Rocky dies. He gets Lou Gehrig’s disease.“ Stallone contin…
Sylvester Stallone unveils the original plan in Creed giving a tragic fate to the character of Rocky Balboa, but the actor insisted to give it another direction.
Sylvester Stallone Reveals Rocky Almost Had Tragic Ending in Creed
Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures Sylvester Stallone opened up about Creed’s possible tragic ending that could have changed the Rocky legacy forever. The actor reflected on the original direction Ryan Coogler had envisioned for the 2015 film and how Stallone’s resistance ultimately helped shape what audiences eventually saw on screen. Sylvester Stallone says Ryan Coogler initially wanted Rocky to die in Creed Looking back on his most iconic ro…
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