{"id":73066,"date":"2024-02-03T02:01:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T02:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/03\/carl-weathers-was-absolutely-brilliant-says-sylvester-stallone\/"},"modified":"2024-02-03T02:01:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T02:01:36","slug":"carl-weathers-was-absolutely-brilliant-says-sylvester-stallone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/03\/carl-weathers-was-absolutely-brilliant-says-sylvester-stallone\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Weathers was absolutely brilliant, says Sylvester Stallone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2024-02-03\" datetime=\"1706925696\" pubdate=\"\">3 February 2024<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/sylvester-stallone\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,sylvester-stallone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sylvester Stallone<\/a> feels &#8220;fortunate&#8221; to have been a part of Carl Weathers&#8217; life.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Sylvester Stallone has paid tribute to Carl Weathers<\/p>\n<p>The actor starred as Apollo Creed in the &#8216;Rocky&#8217; film franchise, and his former co-star has taken to social media to pay tribute to Weathers, after he passed away aged 76.<\/p>\n<p>In a video message posted on Instagram, Stallone said: &#8220;Hello everyone, today is an incredibly sad day for me. I&#8217;m so torn up I can&#8217;t even tell you. I&#8217;m just trying to hold it in because &#8230; Carl Weathers was such an integral part of my life, my success, everything about it. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I give him incredible credit and kudos because &#8230; when he walked into that room and I saw him for the first time, I saw greatness. But I didn&#8217;t realise how great. I never could&#8217;ve accomplished what we did with &#8216;Rocky&#8217; without him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stallone, 77, still has fond and vivid memories of filming the &#8216;Rocky&#8217; movies with the Hollywood star.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd the veteran actor has admitted to being devastated by the news.<\/p>\n<p>\nStanding in front of a painting inspired by the &#8216;Rocky&#8217; movies, Stallone added: &#8220;He was absolutely brilliant. His voice, his size, his power, his athletic ability. But more importantly, his heart, his soul. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s &#8230; it&#8217;s &#8230; a horrible loss. And I&#8217;m standing here in front of this painting because it was probably the last moment we were ever in the ring together and I&#8217;ll never forget it. He was magic and I was so fortunate to be part of his life. So, Apollo, keep punching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nStallone captioned his Instagram post: &#8220;We lost a legend yesterday. My life was forever changed for the better the day I met Carl Weathers. Rest in power and keeping punching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/carl-weathers-absolutely-brilliant-says-sylvester-stallone-1393927.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 February 2024 Sylvester Stallone feels &#8220;fortunate&#8221; to have been a part of Carl Weathers&#8217; life. Sylvester Stallone has paid tribute to Carl Weathers The actor starred as Apollo Creed in the &#8216;Rocky&#8217; film franchise, and his former co-star has taken to social media to pay tribute to Weathers, after he passed away aged 76. 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