'Creed' trivia and fun facts

At the time of this film's release, Sylvester Stallone was the same age as Burgess Meredith was at the time Rocky (1976) was released (69).

This is the first film in the 'Rocky' series that is not written by Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa).

Adrian's Restaurant scene was filmed at The Victor Cafe in Philadelphia.

While the film was being shot, Sylvester Stallone had to break up a fight between two boxers.

The movie that Michael B. Jordan and Tessa Thompson are watching when they fall asleep on the couch is the James Bond film 'Skyfall'.

Like his father, Apollo, was named after the Greek sun god, Adonis is named after the god of desire and beauty.

The longest film in the 'Rocky' series.

The first draft of the script, which had 204 pages, was reduced and the end was changed several times, coming up to shoot two versions of it.

This is the first film of the saga in which Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) has not fought, sticking only to his work as a mentor of Adonis (Michael B. Jordan).