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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesA script written in three days
Stallone wrote the script in about three days after watching Muhammad Ali fight Chuck Wepner in 1975. He refused to sell it unless he played the lead.
source ↗ - CameoThe Stallone family on screen
Stallone's father rings the bell between rounds. His brother Frank shows up singing on a street corner.
source ↗ - CameoFuture Worf as a bodyguard
Michael Dorn, later the Klingon Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation, made his uncredited film debut as Apollo Creed's bodyguard.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe poster's swapped trunks
On the poster, Rocky wears red trunks with a white stripe; in the fight, they're white with a red stripe. Avildsen blamed the props department, while Stallone says he changed them on purpose at the last minute.
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- Behind the scenesThe injury that changed the fight
Bench-pressing with bodybuilder Franco Columbu, Stallone nearly tore his right pectoral clean off. The injury shaped the script, which has Rocky switch stances in the final fight.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesEight hundred kids on the run
About 800 Philadelphia schoolchildren were extras in the run through the streets up to the Museum of Art steps.
source ↗ - CameoThe baby is Stallone's son
Newborn Rocky Jr. is played by Seargeoh Stallone, the actor's son, uncredited.
source ↗ - CameoLeRoy Neiman sketches Apollo
Sports painter LeRoy Neiman has an uncredited cameo sketching Apollo during training.
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- CameoHulk Hogan is Thunderlips
Wrestling star Hulk Hogan plays Thunderlips, the champ who takes on Rocky in a charity exhibition. Wrestler Terry Funk, who did stunts on the film, recommended him.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesQueen said no
Stallone wanted Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust." When Queen passed, he turned to Survivor, who took the title and lyrics of "Eye of the Tiger" from lines in the film.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesMr. T came from game TV
Joe Frazier and Earnie Shavers were considered for Clubber Lang. The casting director found Mr. T on NBC's Games People Play.
source ↗ - CameoRocky on The Muppet Show
The opening montage of the champ's fame uses footage from Stallone's guest spot on The Muppet Show, with Kermit introducing Rocky Balboa.
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- Behind the scenesStallone ended up in the ICU
Stallone and Dolph Lundgren threw real punches in the early fight scenes. One blow to the chest put Stallone in intensive care for eight days.
source ↗ - CameoJames Brown at Apollo's party
James Brown performs "Living in America" for Apollo's entrance in Las Vegas, complete with showgirls and plenty of flags.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesSiberia is in Wyoming
The Soviet snow was shot in Jackson Hole and Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The Moscow arena was the Agrodome in Vancouver.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesPaulie's robot was real
The SICO robot was built by International Robotics and had been used in therapy with Stallone's son Seargeoh. It was cut from the 2021 director's cut, Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago.
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- CameoA real heavyweight
Tommy Gunn is played by Tommy Morrison, a professional heavyweight boxer, in his acting debut.
source ↗ - CameoFather and son on screen
Sage Stallone, Sylvester's son, makes his film debut as Robert, Rocky's son.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesIn the first draft, Rocky died
In Stallone's original script, Rocky died in Adrian's arms after the fight with Tommy. Producer Irwin Winkler and director John G. Avildsen pushed back, and that ending was never shot.
source ↗ - ReferenceMickey channels Cus D'Amato
Mickey's flashback speech, with Burgess Meredith in newly shot scenes, was drawn from a 1985 interview with Cus D'Amato, Mike Tyson's trainer.
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- ReferenceMarie, the girl from 1976
Marie is the neighborhood girl Rocky runs into in the first film. Now grown up, she's played by Geraldine Hughes.
source ↗ - ReferenceSpider Rico is still around
Pedro Lovell returns as Spider Rico, the fighter Rocky faces at the start of the 1976 film. Now he works at Adrian's restaurant.
source ↗ - CameoMike Tyson heckles Dixon
Mike Tyson shows up taunting Mason Dixon on his way to the ring. Real HBO and ESPN broadcasters play themselves.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesReal punches in the ring
Stallone and champion Antonio Tarver traded real punches on set. In one take, Tarver accidentally knocked Stallone out.
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- Behind the scenesCoogler takes the reins
In 2013, MGM hired Ryan Coogler, fresh off Fruitvale Station, to make the spin-off. Stallone chose not to write this one.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesShot at a Premier League match
Scenes at Goodison Park were filmed during a real Everton vs. West Bromwich Albion match. Ricky Conlan is played by pro boxer Tony Bellew.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe secret fight's result
Rocky finally reveals who won the closed-door bout with Apollo at the end of Rocky III: Apollo did.
source ↗ - ReferenceChasing the chicken
Rocky puts Adonis through Mickey's old chicken-chasing drill and repeats his advice that women weaken legs.
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- ReferenceThe turtles from the first film
Cuff and Link, the turtles Rocky has had since the 1976 film, show up again. They're Stallone's own pets.
source ↗ - CameoBrigitte Nielsen returns as Ludmilla
Brigitte Nielsen returns as Ludmilla, Ivan Drago's wife in Rocky IV, now estranged from him and their son.
source ↗ - CameoRobert is back
Milo Ventimiglia returns as Robert, Rocky's son, the role he played in Rocky Balboa.
source ↗ - ReferenceDesert instead of snow
Adonis's desert training, with sledgehammers and burning drums, flips the frozen Siberia of Rocky IV.
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- Behind the scenesJordan's directing debut
It's Michael B. Jordan's first film as director and the fifth in the series directed by its lead. The other four were Stallone's.
source ↗ - ReferenceFights inspired by anime
Jordan said the fights drew on anime like Megalobox, Naruto Shippuden and Dragon Ball Z.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe first without Rocky
It's the first film in the series without Stallone as Rocky Balboa; he stayed on only as a producer.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesBoxing on IMAX cameras
Parts of the film were shot on IMAX-certified cameras, a first for a sports movie.
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Timeline
when each title takes placeRocky
1975–1976
RockyA nobody boxer gets a shot at the title
right after Rocky
Rocky IIThe rematch with Apollo Creed
early 1980s
Rocky IIIChampion Rocky meets Clubber Lang
1985
Rocky IVRocky vs. Ivan Drago
right after Rocky IV
Rocky VA broke Rocky trains a young protégé
2006
Rocky BalboaOne last fight out of retirement
Creed
2015
CreedApollo's son asks Rocky for help
3 years after Creed
Creed IIAdonis faces Drago's son
years after Creed II
Creed IIIA childhood friend comes to collect
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