The American actor reprises the character that made him famous in 1976. For this work could win his first Oscar.
Rocky Balboa returns the ring. When Sylvester Stallone -protagonista, screenwriter and director of the franchise since 1976 thanked his second Oscar nomination in 45 years of career, he said he was “incredibly moved by this honor,” and “not expecting, especially at this stage” of their life. “Creed: Heart of a champion,” which opens Friday, returns the character that gave him fame after 9 years of the last and sixth delivery and about to turn 70. And the award could finally be right around the corner, as the actor has already received a Golden Globe as best actor for a character without prizes- though he reported since its release almost a billion dollars in revenue worldwide.
Stallone knows that most of the most famous fights of Rocky Balboa had been arrested by a referee from real life long before the dazed and bloodied fictional boxer heavyweight satisfied the strength to win. He also admits that many people who only know boxing for his “Rocky” saga might believe that their favorite sport looks all the time as one of his films.
Therefore Stallone always insisted in the films “Rocky” recognize the high cost of boxing, even amid the cathartic victories in the ring that made his character an icon. “I feel responsible because I see the damage,” Stallone said in a recent interview. “I see the damage. Nobody gets out unscathed from this. “
The series of” Rocky “continues this week with the release of” Believe, “writer-director Ryan Coogler, who shows Rocky as coach reluctant son of his old rival, Adonis Creed, played by Michael Jordan.
Balance. Stallone Coogler and maintained the delicate balance of the series between the representations of hiperestilizadas fights and the recognition of the damage and dangers inherent in boxing, in a plot that also includes the need for recognition, boldness and courage. “It’s a conversation I’ve had with my wife,” Stallone said. “(She said)” This is so brutal. How can you approve? “. Well, many of these men can not sing, can not dance, they are not intellectuals. This is what they do, and when done properly, is the most amazing, elegant, beautiful and violent ballet. It is something that is just in certain men. “
Early in” Believe “Rocky tries to convince Adonis not engaged in boxing. But the illegitimate son rescued by the wife of Creed (Phylicia Rashad) waiver of a stable administrative work and an affluent lifestyle in Los Angeles to train at a modest Philadelphia gym.
“You want a damage brain? “asks Rocky Creed. “You can aspire to more.” The balance in the saga of “Rocky” Boxing between reality and film show was a challenge Coogler enthusiastically accepted. The filmmaker spent 29 months trying to convince Stallone to give him the opportunity.
In his first film, “Fruitvale Station” of 2013, he combined realism with delicate touches. In that film, produced by Forest Whitaker and starring Jordan, Coogler tells the story of racial conflicts that earned him recognition at Sundance Festival. Now it is showing impressive to address a number of action recognized as versatile, but says he kept in mind the humble person who has been the Rocky Stallone despite sometimes show superhuman qualities.
“Something they always talk is that Creed has to earn their way “Coogler said. “This guy does not want to give away anything, he wants to go out and get it. So we knew we would have a lot of fights in this movie, and everyone should feel different, each must tell the story of what that fight, and thus dictate the style. “
Jordan had its own assessment of Stallone’s vision about boxing after a year training to look like a heavyweight boxer. He filmed with real fighters, including Andre Ward, Tony Bellew and Gabriel Rosado, and received his share of accidental bumps amid choreographed fights.
“Honestly, what these boxers go through mentally and physically is amazing “Jordan said. “As a boxer hands have covered most of the time, you can not do anything by yourself, you need someone to help you. It is a great shade on those people we consider as virile “.
Coogler gave more than a new voice to the series of” Rocky, “which so far had been written only by Stallone and directed only by Stallone and John G. Avildsen. He also gave new life fights with a creativity that does not skimp realism and drama.
A fight at first in Tijuana is mounted on a claustrophobically small ring that emphasizes the loneliness of Creed. Later, the first fight Believe in Philadelphia is presented in a far greater scope and a sample of cinematic virtuosity.
Coogler filmed the whole fight in Philadelphia in one take, including pre-trek, two rounds and what happens between rounds. The uninterrupted sequence puts the audience in the middle of a boxing match in a way never seen in the previous six tapes of “Rocky,” which was a target for Coogler.
“The history of this first fight in Philadelphia, which is so important to us is the idea that Adonis finally gets what he wants, “said Coogler. “And when you get what you wanted from life and suddenly, it’s exciting and it’s scary, because then you have no more excuses.”
But Coogler was unwilling to completely abandon the pugilistic theatricality by which the series is known, particularly in the grand final to be expected of any film Rocky. “You have to climb to a high point to earn one last fight to provide what people expect when you buy a ticket to see this movie,” said the director
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