New Claim States Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Rocky’ Was Never the “Central Figure” of the Franchise

The arrival of Creed III without Sylvester Stallone has divided the fans of the franchise. This produced a vigorous debate and the fans keep harping on the epic American sports drama ‘Rocky’ that kept entertaining and motivating fans for decades before the arrival of the ‘Creed’ franchise. It’s safe to say, without ‘Rocky’, the ‘Creed’ franchise would have never hit the silver screens. In a recent podcast episode with comedian Andrew Schulz, popular podcaster Charlamagne The God made a claim about the Rocky franchise that could be called highly controversial.

To date, there was no argument behind the fact that Stallone’s fictional character Rocky Balboa was the biggest driving force behind the movie. However, according to Charlamagne, fans are wrong in crediting the franchise’s success to the main protagonist. In his opinion, the exciting part of the movie was something else.

Who did Charlemagne think was the central figure of the Rocky movie franchise?

Written by and starring Stallone, the first installment of the sports drama was released, and the name of the protagonist was Rocky Balboa. It turned out to be a big success at the box office. The film’s success helped Stallone to escape from the grips of poverty. It was his brainchild that produced such an exciting story mingled with love, action, and drama.

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Following the first movie’s success, Stallone wrote five more installments with the same name. And later, the franchise changed its name to Creed. Starring Michael B Jordan, this movie puts the spotlight on Apollo Creed’s son after his death. Talking about this, Charlamagne said, “Apollo Creed is the most important person to every great Rocky movie.”

This made everyone involved in the podcast put their thinking hats on because this was the first time when they were coming across such a unique take that persuades them to look at the franchise from another perspective. However, he did not stop there and gave the reasoning behind his claim.

Why did Charlamagne think Rocky is not a central figure?

Calling it a fact, Charlamagne mentioned, “The first four Rocky movies are literally centered around Apollo Creed. Every single one. The First Rocky movie when they fight at the end of the movie, it’s a draw. Rocky gets to fight again the championship in Rocky II so both of those the central figure is Apollo Creed.”

Next, he talked about Creed’s importance in the Rocky franchise. At last, he gave the wildest take ever. According to him after Rocky IV, the franchise could not produce any big hits because they were missing Apollo Creed.

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