How Carl Weathers Got His Rocky Role by Insulting ... He was a beloved brother, father, grandfather, partner and friend." Weathers, who played football at San Diego State University, had a short ...

but there wasn't a partner for me. They informed me that the screenwriter, Sly, would stand in. I was unaware that Sly was not only a writer but the leading actor," Weathers recalled in an ...

NEW YORK — Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the ‘’Rocky’' movies, facing off against ...