Trivia: When Apollo Creed approaches Clubber Lang and attempts to shake hands with him before the world title fight, Lang knocks Creed's hand away and goads him. Apparently, Mr. T and Carl Weathers had a dispute on set before filming this scene, and therefore Weathers' reaction is genuine.
Rocky III (1982)
1 trivia entry since 27 Dec '24, 15:29
Directed by: Sylvester Stallone
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Hulk Hogan
Visible crew/equipment: Just before the second fight with Clubber and just after the pre-fight brawl, when the camera switches to the shot of Rocky and Apollo you can see a director's chair at the top left of the screen with "Mr. T" written on it. (01:22:50)
Clubber Lang: I'm gonna torture him. I'm gonna crucify him. Real bad.
Question: Why is Clubber Lang allowed to box professionally, considering that his favorite KO punch seems to be right to the back of the head while the opponent is on their knees?
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Answer: Clubber Lang worked his way up the professional ranks. If you notice, the challanger is still able to fight, the referee uses his own discresion to ignore the final punch as the match would have been called in Langs favour anyway.