Back in November, Sylvester Stallone gave an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, and discussed his exit from the Rocky/Creed franchise.
While he discussed some of the reasons why he wouldn’t come back for Creed III, one of them would be the franchise’s shift in tone.
“It was taken in a direction that is quite different than I would’ve taken it,” Stallone said.
“It’s a different philosophy — Irwin Winkler’s and Michael B.
Jordan’s.
I wish them well, but I’m much more of a sentimentalist.
I like my heroes getting beat up, but I just don’t want them going into that dark space.” It’s worth noting the Rocky franchise has never had the same tone throughout its forty-year history.
Starting with a more grounded approach, the franchise got sillier and flashier with each entry, with that evolution’s point of origin being Rocky III.
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