50 Fun Facts About Creed Movie

Who plays Adonis Creed in all three Creed films?

He had already worked with director Ryan Coogler on Fruitvale Station and would reunite with him again for Black Panther.

Who directed the first Creed film in 2015?

MGM hired him in 2013 off the back of Fruitvale Station, and he co-wrote the script with Aaron Covington.

Creed is which numbered instalment in the overall Rocky franchise?

Rocky Balboa in 2006 had been intended as the end of the series until MGM decided on a spin-off.

Adonis is the son of the late heavyweight champion by what kind of relationship?

He grows up as Adonis Johnson, his mother's surname, and is taken in from a youth detention centre by Apollo's widow.

Who plays Mary Anne Creed, the champion's widow who raises Adonis?

Sylvia Meals, who had played Mrs Creed in Rocky II and Rocky IV, died in 2011.

At the start of Creed, Adonis quits which kind of job to box full-time?

He had been fighting amateur bouts in a Tijuana bar at weekends before resigning from the Smith Boardley Financial Group.

What does Adonis lose to Danny 'Stuntman' Wheeler in a sparring bet in the first film?

He wins it back in Creed II by beating Wheeler for the WBC heavyweight title.

What is the name of Rocky's Philadelphia restaurant, where Adonis first finds him?

The film crew converted the real Victor Cafe in South Philadelphia into the restaurant for the shoot.

In Creed, Adonis asks about the private third bout between his father and Rocky. Who won?

The bout was set up at the end of Rocky III, and the answer had been a franchise mystery for over 30 years.

What is the profession of Bianca, Adonis's love interest played by Tessa Thompson?

She has progressive hearing loss, and by Creed III her daughter Amara has led the family to become fluent in American Sign Language.

Under what fight name does Adonis box before adopting the Creed surname?

His first pro win over Leo 'The Lion' Sporino leads the losing camp to leak that he is Apollo's illegitimate son.

What illness is Rocky diagnosed with in the first Creed film?

He initially refuses chemotherapy because it failed to save Adrian, until Adonis makes his own training conditional on it.

Adonis's big fight in Creed is against 'Pretty' Ricky Conlan, played by which real-life boxer?

Bellew later boxed a genuine world title fight in the same Liverpool stadium in 2016, the city's first outdoor bout since 1949.

The climactic Conlan fight takes place at which football ground?

The first scene shot was during a real Everton v West Bromwich Albion match; Stallone and Bellew are both Everton fans.

How does Adonis's title fight in Liverpool end?

Adonis knocks Conlan down for the first time in his career and goes the distance, echoing the first Rocky-Apollo fight forty years earlier.

Which award did Sylvester Stallone win for playing Rocky in Creed?

He was Oscar-nominated too, 39 years after his nominations for the original Rocky, but lost to Mark Rylance.

Creed opened in the US on 25 November 2015 to mark the 40th anniversary of what?

In the 1976 film Rocky fights Spider Rico in a Philadelphia club on that date.

Which Swedish composer scored Creed, only the third composer in the history of the Rocky films?

Bill Conti scored five of the earlier films and Vince DiCola did Rocky IV; Göransson tips his hat with a track that quotes Gonna Fly Now.

The first Creed was dedicated to which long-time Rocky producer, who died two months after filming ended?

Creed was also the first film in the franchise to carry Stallone himself as a producer.

How many steps do Adonis and Rocky climb at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the film's final scene?

They are the same steps Rocky ran up in the original film's training montage.

Who directed Creed II after the first film's director stepped aside to make Black Panther?

Stallone had briefly been slated to direct and did co-write the screenplay with Juel Taylor.

Adonis's opponent in Creed II is Viktor Drago, whose father did what in Rocky IV?

Dolph Lundgren returns as Ivan, now living in poverty in Ukraine after his loss to Rocky left him disgraced.

How did Sylvester Stallone find Florian Munteanu to play Viktor Drago?

The German-Romanian was 6 ft 4 and around 255 lb, and had to lose about 20 lb for the role.

In which country has Ivan Drago been living with his son at the start of Creed II?

He moved there to raise Viktor after his wife Ludmilla walked out following the loss to Rocky.

How does Adonis keep his title in the first Drago fight in Creed II, despite being badly beaten?

He had rushed into the Barclays Center bout unprepared, training with Little Duke rather than Rocky.

What is the name of Adonis and Bianca's daughter, born in Creed II?

She is born deaf, inheriting her mother's hearing condition, and Rocky is named her godfather.

Where does the Creed II rematch with Viktor Drago take place?

Rocky and Little Duke prepare Adonis in a derelict spot in the California desert, teaching him to absorb Viktor's power.

How does the Creed II rematch end?

Ludmilla walks out after the second knockdown, and Ivan finally chooses Viktor's safety over the approval of Russia's elite.

Which actress reprises her Rocky IV role as Ludmilla Drago in Creed II?

She and Stallone were married for two years in the 1980s, around the time Rocky IV was made.

At the end of Creed II, Rocky travels to which city to reconcile with his estranged son Robert?

Milo Ventimiglia returns as Robert from Rocky Balboa, and Rocky meets his grandson Logan for the first time.

Creed II was confirmed as the last film in which Stallone would appear as which character?

He announced the retirement of the character on Instagram, and stayed on only as a producer for the third film.

Who directed Creed III?

It was his directorial debut; producer Irwin Winkler says he personally offered him the job.

Who plays Damian 'Dame' Anderson, the childhood friend who returns from prison in Creed III?

He was playing Kang the Conqueror for Marvel at the same time; Creed III opened the same month as his arrest for assault.

In the Creed III prologue, why does Dame end up arrested while young Adonis escapes?

The man, Leon, was the abusive caregiver at their group home; Adonis keeps the story from Bianca for years.

What amateur title had Dame held before prison, as recalled in Creed III?

Michael B. Jordan's real father cameos as a Golden Gloves referee in the flashback.

How does Dame get his first title shot in Creed III?

Adonis later finds a photo showing Dame in prison with the attacker and realises the whole thing was engineered.

Why had Adonis never received the letters Dame wrote him from prison?

She thought Dame was a bad influence; Adonis is furious that Dame was left believing he had been abandoned.

Where is the climactic 'Battle of Los Angeles' between Adonis and Dame staged?

Adonis is knocked down after flashbacks to the group home, beats the count and knocks Dame out to regain the title.

Which anime did Creed III's director cite as a major influence on its fight choreography?

He also name-checked the boxing series Megalobox and Hajime no Ippo.

Creed III was the first sports film ever shot partly in which format?

Cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau, back from Creed II, paired the Sony Venice cameras with Panavision anamorphic lenses.

Which rapper executive-produced the Creed III soundtrack?

Composer Joseph Shirley, who had worked under Ludwig Göransson on the first two films, wrote the score.

Where did Creed III hold its world premiere, on its director-star's 36th birthday?

Boxer Canelo Álvarez cameos in the film, and the US release followed on 3 March 2023.

Roughly how much did Creed III gross worldwide, making it the highest-grossing Creed film?

On a $75 million budget it opened at number one and stayed in the domestic top ten for six weeks.

Sylvester Stallone refused to watch Creed III mainly because of his feud with which producer?

Winkler bought the rights to the Rocky character from Stallone back in 1976; Stallone has called him a parasite picking clean the bones of his creations.

Which actor played Adonis's father in the original Rocky films, seen in archive footage in Creed?

Stallone said the character was inspired by Jack Johnson and Muhammad Ali, and Apollo's nicknames included the Master of Disaster.

What amateur record is Ivan Drago said to have had before turning professional?

His heart rate and punching power were monitored by computer in Rocky IV, and his wife joked that he simply ate spinach like Popeye.

In Creed III, why is Adonis retired at the start of the film?

He had beaten Ricky Conlan in South Africa three years earlier and now runs the Delphi Boxing Academy with Little Duke.

Which real-life boxer plays heavyweight champion Danny 'Stuntman' Wheeler in Creed?

Gabriel Rosado plays Leo 'The Lion' Sporino, and famous cutman Jacob 'Stitch' Duran appears as himself.

Adonis is turned down at which elite Los Angeles gym, run by his late father's trainer's son?

Tony 'Little Duke' Evers Jr. rejects him, and Adonis is then beaten in sparring by a heavyweight champion.

Roughly how much did the first Creed gross worldwide?

It holds a 95 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating and was the first film in the franchise produced by Stallone himself.