Carl Weathers
Carl Weathers’ Super Bowl Ad Being Adjusted Following Death
Carl Weathers’ FanDuel SuperBowl ad is being adjusted following the actor’s passing. The online sports gambling platform released a sneak peek in January of their ad starring former NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski, which featured a cameo from the Rocky star. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Carl Weathers,” FanDuel told […]
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Sylvester Stallone Says ‘Rocky’ Couldn’t Have Been Accomplished Without Carl Weathers: “A Horrible Loss”
Rocky Balboa himself, Sylvester Stallone, took a moment to pay tribute to his co-star Carl Weathers, who died Thursday in his sleep at 76. The actors fought it out in the ring for the first two films of the famous boxing franchise, and they remained friends in the decades following the final installment, 1985’s Rocky […]
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‘Happy Gilmore’ Director Recalls Carl Weathers’ Unlikely Path to the Film: “He Was So Chubbs”
Carl Weathers, who died Thursday at age 76, made his name as the formidable boxing adversary Apollo Creed in the Rocky films. But it was his career pivot with the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy Happy Gilmore that made him newly relevant to a younger generation. As it turns out, his road to landing in the […]
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Carl Weathers, Apollo Creed in the Rocky Films, Dies at 76
Carl Weathers, the former NFL player who made his mark in Hollywood as the boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films and with appearances in such other projects as Predator, Happy Gilmore and The Mandalorian, has died. He was 76. Weathers died Thursday in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles, his […]
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‘The Mandalorian’ Creator Jon Favreau Says ‘Boba Fett’ Crossover Freed Him to Move Story Forward
The Internet’s favorite father-son pairing is back. The Mandalorian returns for its third season Wednesday, as masked warrior Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and baby Grogu embark on a new journey together — this time, to the Mandalorian home planet of Mandalore, where Din hopes to be forgiven for his transgressions. Last year, Din and Grogu […]
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How ‘The Mandalorian’ Handled Absence of Gina Carano’s Cara Dune
[This story contains a spoiler for The Mandalorian season three premiere.] In the aftermath of Gina Carano’s firing from The Mandalorian two years ago, the Star Wars show’s season three premiere has answered the long-speculated question of what would happen to her character. Introduced in the show’s first season, Carano played Cara Dune, an Alderaanian […]
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