Got caught up in the Rocky marathon and thought I'd start a thread about Rocky trivia. Did ya'll know that Ernie Shavers was suppose to play Clubber Lang, but in a practice fight with Stallone, Shavers broke 2 of Sly's ribs in 3 rounds and was let go, replaced by Mr. T.
Actually I remember reading that Ali was originally supposed to play the part of Apollo Creed, but I think scheduling diifficulties prevented it, so they had Joe Frazier and Ken Norton audition for the part, but they felt Carl Weathers was the best man for the job.
Didn't Lundgren put him in the hospital wit a bruised chest or some shit? I heard Lundgren ****ed up Sly and Weathers during filmin for those fight scenes.
When Stallone originally wrote the script (after watching Ali-Wepner), it was much darker and more depressing. Mickey was a bitter angry racist, and Rocky throws the fight because he didn't want to be part of such a cynical event.
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