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During filming of Rocky, Sylvester Stallone suffered bruised ribs and Carl Weathers a broken nose, the opposite of what their characters in the film recieved

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When auditioning for the part of Apollo Creed in "Rocky," Carl Weathers told producers, "I could do a lot better if you got me a real actor to work with." Unbeknownst to him, the man feeding him his lines was Sylvester Stallone.

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1. Rocky IV halted filming for 4 days while Stallone not only had to convince Carl Weathers not to quit, but make Weathers and Dolph Lundgren reconcile their differences. Lundgren threw Weathers into the corner of the ring while filming the Apollo vs. Drago fight causing the enmity between the two.

2. Sylvester Stallone asked permission from Mr T, Dolf lundgren and Carl Weathers for permission to use footage from the previous films in Rocky Balboa. T and Dolf said yes, but Carl demanded a part in the movie. When sly refused Carl refused permission to use the old footage

3. During a sparring session/audition for the role of Apollo Creed in "Rocky," Carl Weathers told producers he preferred to audition with "...a real actor, not some stand in." He was then informed that the "stand-in" he was sparring against was the film's writer/star Sylvester Stallone.

4. Carl Weathers (who played Apollo Creed) almost quit filming Rocky IV after a skirmish with Dolph Lundgren (Ivan Drago)

5. Carl Weathers went to a last-minute audition with Sylvester Stallone and director John G. Avildsen for Rocky. When reading the scene afterward, Weathers said to Avildsen, “Tell you the truth, I could do a lot better if you gave me a real actor to work with,”

6. I learned that in 2008 Carl Weathers did a series of perplexing YouTube shorts titled "Change is Beautiful".

7. Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) played Oakland Raider before becoming an actor.

8. Carl Weathers (Appolo Creed) did not allow Stallone to use old footages from previous Rocky movies for the montage in Rocky Balboa (2006)