![]() You can see them shooting their fight scene here. Sylvester Stallone fights his brother Frank, in the movie. watching this, the punches are being thrown, and we're going, 'Holy crap, this is working like a charm.' We called Stallone and said, 'Why aren't you using that?' He goes, 'Well, we can't get the publishing rights to it.' looked at each other and went, 'Man, this is going to be tough to beat.'" Survivor songwriter Jim Peterik (pictured) said of Eye Of The Tiger: "When we got the initial rough cut of the movie, the scene that 'Eye Of The Tiger' appears in was cut to 'Another One Bites The Dust' by Queen. That's because Rocky Balboa was originally touted as a 6'1" fighter, while Sylvester Stallone is only 5'10". Thunderlips is billed as being 7 feet tall, although Hulk Hogan is only 6'6". In preparation for the film, Stallone got his body fat down to an insanely time low 2.8%. ![]() Prior to Rocky III Mr T was a bodyguard for numerous boxers including Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard and, as pictured, Leon Spinks (T stands behind Spinks). The character was two years older than actor Burgess Meredith. It's seen on his grave marker in Rocky III. Mickey's surname isn't revealed in the first two films. But the newspaper depicting the wrestling match gives a date of 1982. Rocky (1976) and Rocky II (1979) are both set in 1976, and the events in Rocky III are said to take place three years later, making it 1979. Vince's son, Vince McMahon Jr would later bring Hulk back to the WWF where he would dominate for years. Hulk Hogan was fired from the World Wrestling Federation by founder Vince McMahon Sr, for taking the role of Thunderlips. The Rocky version was used in the opening montage of Rocky III and can be seen in this clip, two minutes and 30 seconds in. After it aired Jim Henson dubbed the episode so that rather than have The Muppets introduce Stallone, they introduced Rocky Balboa. Stallone appeared on The Muppet Show in 1979, three years before the movie's release. The rematch between Rocky and Clubber Lang is the only fight in the Rocky series that does not go a full 15 rounds. The main difference was that a prop backglass was made for the movie version for Paulie's bottle to smash through, that wasn't part of the mass produced version. The pinball machine that Paulie smashes up in a drunken rage (see here) wasn't quite the same as the Rocky pinball game released in conjunction with the movie (pictured). The blonde groupie who asks Rocky for a kiss (see 1 min 49 here) was Sylvester Stallone's first wife Sasha. It was also turned down for the Flashdance soundtrack in favour of "Maniac" by Michael Sembello.Īccording to Billboard, 'Eye of the Tiger' was the number 1 song of 1982. Karate Kid track "You're the Best" by Joe Esposito was originally intended for the Rocky III soundtrack but was replaced by "Eye of the Tiger", by Survivor. To celebrate the film here's 15 facts that hopefully you didn't know. ![]() We pity the fool who put his name forward.Īnyway, calming down now, Mr T did his part in a movie of many, many brilliant parts. We don't want to put too fine a point on this, but that is absolute madness. Easily Rocky's most entertaining opponent, who delivers some of the most quoted lines in pub-going history, was nominated for a Razzie. ![]() Just have a think about that for a minute. Mr T was nominated for a Razzie for his portrayal of Clubber Lang. ![]()
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