In the first two Creed movies, Stallone’s Rocky served as a mentor for Jordan’s Adonis Creed, the son of Rocky’s old pal Apollo Creed.
Creed 3 director and star Michael B. Jordan has explained why Sylvester Stallone will not be back as Rocky Balboa in the upcoming sequel.
At the time, a reason wasn’t given for Stallone’s absence in Creed III, but Jordan has since provided an explanation.
Most fans were probably expecting the Italian Stallion to return alongside Jordan for Creed 3 as well, but it was revealed last week that Rocky won’t be involved.