“The boxer told how he refused to play in the movie “Rocky””, — write: sport.ua
“Many children, many athletes grew up watching Rocky movies. When Hollywood had already run out of ideas with the main characters, they began to involve their children – Apollo Creed, Balboa. And so Stallone told this Soviet guy through his manager that they wanted me to play this character in Rocky 5 or Rocky 6.
I looked at the script – I saw that I was flying hard, blood, my face was broken. I understood that it was a make-up, we discussed everything with the team, but I knew even then: I will not go anywhere and I will not act in this movie. I was preparing for an important match.
They offered money – for individual scenes, for interviews. It was very difficult to give up, but after a year or two I realized that I did the right thing, that I did not fall for this money.
I did not want to play a Soviet athlete. There was a red color, on the shorts – a sickle and a hammer, some lines like “I will kill you”. There may not have been a cap, but there was symbolism. But the key is my preparation. She was more important than anything,” Usyk concluded.
