'Creed II' trivia and fun facts
Florian Munteanu
Amateur boxer and fitness model Florian Munteanu plays Ivan Drago's son, a role that fits him perfectly, as he stands 6'4" tall and weights around 245lbs, 'Creed II' marks his debut as an actor on the big screen. 245lbs 6'4"
"Russian" antagonists
Just like in 'Rocky IV', none of the antagonists is really played by a Russian actor, Dolph Lundgren (Ivan Drago) is Swedish and Florian Munteanu (Viktor Drago) is Romanian-German.
Stallone as a director
'Creed', the first entry on this new saga, was directed by filmmaker Ryan Coogle ('Fruitvale Station') who won't come back for this movie. On his place, Sylvester Stallone was in talks to sit behind the camera, but he gave the opportunity to Steven Caple Jr. (being 'Creed II' his first big-budget feature film).
Ryan Coogler
Even though he didn't direct this film, Ryan Coogler, the filmmaker behind 'Creed', has stayed attached to this franchise as an executive producer. Coogler had to pass on the project in order to direct Marvel's 'Black Panther'.