Yet, Apollo Creed actor Carl Weathers considers the film more of a love story.

During a wide-ranging interview onThe Rich Eisen Show, Weathers declared, Its a love story.

The two men are Weathers cocky world champion Apollo Creed and Sylvester Stallones scrappy underdog Rocky Balboa.

(The acclaimed 2015 filmCreedfocused on the boxers son.)

But Weathers almost didnt land the iconic role.

They didnt want anything to do with me because I was nobody, he said.

Eventually, he begged his way into an audition, along with 100-plus other actors.

He sits down, and they introduce that this is the writer of the screenplay, he recalled.

At the end of the reading, its like quiet, its like crickets.

The producers and directors are kind of leaning toward each other.