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The remaining cast were hired by January 2015, after which, principal photography began and lasted until that April, with filming locations including Liverpool, Philadelphia, and Gainesville.

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Stallone later confirmed that he had finished writing the script for the sequel, which would see Dolph Lundgren reprising his role as Ivan Drago from Rocky IV. Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed: The current world heavyweight champion who gave Rocky a shot at the title in the first film, during which he won by split-decision. Apollo endures a substantial beating in later rounds, when it becomes apparent he cannot knock Balboa out, and Balboa begins landing his own punches on the tiring Creed.He succeeds as the film ends with Rocky winning the fight by knockout in the last round with the Soviet premier and the Politburo looking on. How often do you see athletes behaving so gallantly in movies, where opponents are routinely demonized as vengeful, comic book villains, not respectful competitors? Liev Schreiber voices an HBO 24/7 announcer, while Michael Buffer cameos as himself serving as ring announcer.

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Rocky's training is geared toward making him quicker and more agile, to counter the larger, stronger brawler. Meanwhile, Ivan Drago, a former Russian champion boxer who killed Adonis's father Apollo Creed, in the ring of the infamous year 1985 from the fourth movie in Las Vegas, sees an opportunity to regain the glory that was taken from him as a result of his loss to Rocky Balboa on Christmas Day in Moscow of the event East Vs. When Donnie recovers, he and Rocky reconcile and Rocky agrees to train him for a rematch against Viktor, to be held in Russia. After taunting the Russian and landing a number of ineffectual punches, Creed is pummeled badly in the first round. Jordan in his next film, Marvel's Black Panther, thus delaying production until both men's schedules permitted.Mickey trains Rocky to become faster (including peculiar methods like chasing and catching a chicken) and instructs him to change his boxing stance, from left-handed to right-handed, both to confuse Creed and to protect his damaged right eye. Viktor's mother (Ivan's ex-wife Ludmilla), who had been sitting ringside with some of Viktor's supporters, departs when the tide of the fight shifts in Adonis' favor, knocking Viktor off-balance emotionally. Coogler and Covington's original screenplay was completed by April 2014, [5] with the involvement of Jordan and Stallone also confirmed.

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At the end of the fight, Creed approached Duke and mentioned how it would be good to have an experienced fighter managing his career and training him, Happy to be able to continue in boxing, Duke accepted the offer as manager and began training him at the Delphi Boxing Academy. In 1998, Adonis "Donnie" Johnson–the son of former heavyweight champion Apollo Creed via an extramarital affair–is serving time in a Los Angeles youth detention center when Creed's widow, Mary Anne, visits and offers to take him in.

Unwilling to waste the time, effort and money he's already invested in the fight, Creed comes up with a promotion that will generate huge publicity; he will offer an unknown local fighter an opportunity to battle Creed for the title, in a match in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.