Date 25/11/2015 - News People
The 7th installment in the Rocky franchise, Creed, hit theaters this Thanksgiving. Slyvester Stallone is back as Rocky, and this time he's training his predecessor, Adonis Johnson aka Creed. The onus of playing the titular character falls on the shoulders of 28-year-old actor Michael B Jordan. Being a boxing film, where Jordan would have his shirt off, he had to look the part. So he went on a diet to gain weight. Jordan put on a reported 24 pounds of muscle for the role. His trainer Corey Calliet said "When we started, he could barely bench 20 pounds. Now he can bench press 225 pounds 10 times, and it ain't nothing"