If you haven’t seen the hit movie ‘Creed’, do yourself a favor, stop reading this article, leave wherever you are and go to your nearest movie theatre and check it out. The flick is top-notch and is fantastic in every way possible.
Michael B. Jordan said he was dedicated in his role as Apollo Creed’s son in the Rocky movie “Creed”. He changed his diet, his body and he was so dedicated that he took a hard right hook to the face for his craft. A hard right hook from a professional boxer, Tony Bellew.
Jordan said the following on the ‘Bill Simmons Podcast‘ when he was on promoting the movie.
“The first couple times we tried to do [the punches], we tried to it with the slips. You know, and it’s slow motion, so you can see the misses — the space between the punches. So, all of a sudden, you just hear this snickering from the corner, and everybody’s like “What?” And Sly’s like, “Man you gotta take it.” I’m like, “What do you mean?” He’s like, “No, you gotta take a real punch.” Like, pretty much, I had to really get hit. And legally, Ryan [Coogler] — he’ll definitely tell you this — as a director, he can’t legally say “take the punch.” So I had to willingly step up and be like, “Alright, I’ll take the hit.” But I definitely got peer-pressured.”
Well, Sylvester Stallone released that great video of Jordan getting knocked out by Tony Bellew and it’s everything we hoped for.
Michael B Jordon, "young creed and "getting KO'd for real! But he got up and did it again! That's called guts!! pic.twitter.com/yFo3PVmvhA
— Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) December 9, 2015
