Sylvester Stallone Speaks Out After 'Brilliant' Carl Weathers' Death
'Apollo, keep punching,' Stallone told his late 'Rocky' co-star.
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'Apollo, keep punching,' Stallone told his late 'Rocky' co-star.
Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the "Rocky" movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Predator" and teaching golf in "Happy Gilmore," has died. He was 76.
Dolph Lundgren has special memories of working with Carl Weathers.
Carl Weathers, ex-NFL player who became a Hollywood actor and starred as Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, has died. He was 76.
Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, has died. He was 76. His other major roles were facing-off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Predator” and teaching golf in “Happy Gilmore.” Comfortable flexing his muscles on the big screen in “Action Jackson” as he was joking around on the small screen in such shows as “Arrested Development,” Weathers was perhaps most closely associated with Creed, who made his first appearance a...