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‘He Had It All’: Sylvester Stallone Remembers Carl Weathers on ‘Fallon’

Sylvester Stallone share one of his first memories of actor Carl Weathers, who starred in the iconic role as boxer Apollo Creed in the 'Rocky' series.

While on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in an episode aired Friday, Stallone, who co-starred in the franchise as Rocky Balboa, recalled the difficulty of finding someone who could play Creed. “It required incredible athleticism, brains, spirit, talent, speed.” Weathers, a professional football player who played eight games with the then-Oakland Raiders in 1970 and 1971 before turning to acting, “had it all.” “The first day he came in to read was actually at night and we were at wits’ end because we couldn’t find anyone,” continued Stallone, adding that Weathers was still playing football at the time and arrived in a bad mood.

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