This is why Creed II director Steven Caple Jr. prefers Creed’s Bianca played by Tessa Thompson.
The Creed movies may be a continuation of the Rocky franchise, but that doesn’t mean that they simply repeat the same tired tropes over and over again.
The Creed movies are their own movies as well, and one of the easiest ways to see that is the way that Creed treats its female characters.
While Rocky’s Adrian is an iconic character in her own right, the fact is that she didn’t really do much in the Rocky films.