View Full Version : RIP Carl Weathers
Palanan
2024-02-03, 09:01 AM
Looks like Mando was his last role. Will be missed.
Starbuck_II
2024-02-03, 02:17 PM
Darn, he was the original Apollo Creed too
Peelee
2024-02-03, 02:39 PM
Darn, he was the original Apollo Creed too
One of the many reasons Rocky is among my favorite movies is Apollo Creed. He wasn't a villain, and I'd hesitate to even call him an antagonist. And Carl Weathers understood what the role required and played it perfectly.
Trixie_One
2024-02-03, 06:04 PM
This hit me with a level of gutpunch that I didn't expect. Usually a celeb death, even one I really like, is an intellectual well that sucks, sympathies to their families, hope the passing wasn't rough, etc.
Learning we'd lost Carl Weathers though really rocked me when I learned about it last night. Never seen any of the Rocky films, so this reaction must be purely down to seeing Predator at a formative age, and how much fun he appeared to be having recently doing his best Lando while enthusiastically saying Mando.
And he knew how to get a stew going.
Apparently it was his idea to play himself as incredibly cheap on Arrested Development.
KorvinStarmast
2024-02-15, 02:40 PM
Man, that's a shame. Enjoyed him in the many roles he played in quite a few movies.
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