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The Business

Director Ryan Coogler's Personal Connection to 'Creed'

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6676 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Creed director Ryan Coogler wasn't even born when most of the Rocky movies were made, but he fell in love with the franchise thanks to his father. Coogler tells us how he went from football player to filmmaker, and how he convinced Sylvester Stallone to go another round with Creed.

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0:10.0

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0:18.0

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0:22.8

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0:23.6

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0:26.7

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0:31.9

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0:38.8

I thought it was cool.

0:39.7

You know what I mean?

0:40.1

I had nothing to lose, man.

0:41.3

Like, you know, I told him who I was,

0:43.7

why I wanted to do the movie,

0:45.1

and I knew it was far-fetched.

0:46.2

I hadn't made anything yet.

0:48.0

Creed director Ryan Coogler had zero credits to his name

0:51.5

when he managed to get a meeting with Sylvester Stallone

0:54.3

to pitch him on an idea for another Rocky movie.

0:57.8

It was no sale then, but Coogler explains how his successful debut with Fruitvale Station

1:03.3

changed everything.

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