Creed 2 Almost Brought Back Another Fan Favorite From the Franchise, Apollo Creed... in Ghost Form??

In a recent Q&A interview with Dolph Lundgren at Monster Mania Con 42, he was asked about returning to the Rocky franchise in Creed II. He came back into the story as Ivan Drago, who has trained his son Viktor Drago (Florian Munteanu) to challenge Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) in the ring. The movie saw the return of his wife in the original, Brigitte Nielsen, and here’s what he had to say about it:

It was a great idea I thought [to bring Nielsen back]. In the original first draft it was Apollo came back. Or like his ghost or something. It was a little hokey, you know. So I think it was much better to bring Brigitte back.

You read that right. The original draft of the sequel thought about bringing Apollo Creed back… as a ghost. He doesn’t expand on that, but he makes it sound like it was either ghost Apollo or Ludmilla Drago.

I don’t know why those were the options, but I’m also happy with their decision. I think the Creed movies are brilliant. They have heart and are filled with great acting and good story. I’m so glad they didn’t sink to that level of cheese, having ghost dad show up to give inspiration.

What would you have thought of Apollo Creed coming back to the franchise as a ghost?

via: Cinemablend