"Adonis is in training for his fight with Ivan Drago Jr, when, the night before, he suffers a devastating knee injury, leaving Rocky forced to step in and take the fight on 24 hours notice..."
Didn't Stallone have no part in the story for this movie, and in fact not want to do it at all until someone (Coogler?) convinced him that it was worth it?
Didn't Stallone have no part in the story for this movie, and in fact not want to do it at all until someone (Coogler?) convinced him that it was worth it?
Regardless of how involved he was with writing Creed, all of the setup work in establishing where Rocky is in life was already done by Stallone. The restaurant, Adrian's death, Paulie living with Rocky before he passed, Rocky's attitude and late in life characterization, all of that was established before Creed. I loved that none of that was thrown away or ignored.
Stallone's previous work was seen and felt everywhere in that movie.