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Action star and Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone admits he is not fond of the new direction that the upcomingCreedmovie is heading.Creed 3, Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut, is the first film in theRockyfranchise that will exclude Stallone.
Jordan will be taking the story into a so-called “dark space” with a new philosophy far from what the previousRockymovies had. Stallone reveals he finds this direction regretful.
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Rocky Actor Sylvester Stallone Regrets The New Direction Of Creed 3
In his interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, Stallone says thatRyan Coogler, director ofBlack Pantherand producer forCreed 3, cherry-picked aspects of Rocky without even asking the actor if he wanted to join in. “I’m not an executive producer on the Creed movies. Ryan Coogler is. Michael B. Jordan is. [Winkler and Chartoff’s] children are. Not mine. I’m the only one left out,” Stallone said.
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Creed 3will follow Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) facing a new villain, Damian Anderson (Jonathan Majors). Stallone ponders how much he regrets the changes. He added:
“That’s a regretful situation because I know what it could have been. It was taken in a direction that is quite different than I would’ve taken it. It’s a different philosophy – Irwin Winkler’s and Michael B. Jordan’s. I wish them well, but I’m much more of a sentimentalist. I like my heroes getting beat up, but I just don’t want them going into that dark space. I just feel people have enough darkness.”
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Despite Stallone’s absence from the upcoming film, Jordan assured fans in his previous interview that it will honor the actor and the franchise he has built over the decades. Jordan said (viaIndieWire):
“I think that Sly let it be known that he wasn’t coming back for this one but I think, you know, his essence and his spirit. There’s always going to be a little bit of Rocky within Adonis. But this is a ‘Creed’ franchise, and we really want to build this story and this world around [Adonis Creed] moving forward.”
TheCreedstar says that he respects theRockyfranchise, but it needs to move forward and focus on the future of Adonis, asSylvester Stallone’s character won’t come back anymore.
Creed 3will arrive in theaters on March 2023.
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