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Creed

133 minutes

Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Michael B. Jordan Adonis Creed
Alex Henderson Young Adonis Johnson
Sylvester Stallone Rocky Balboa
Tessa Thompson Bianca Taylor
Phylicia Rashad Mary Anne Creed
Tony Bellew Ricky Conlan
Graham McTavish Tommy Holiday
Wood Harris Tony Little Duke Evers
Ritchie Coster Pete Sporino
Andre Ward Danny Wheeler
Gabriel Rosado Leo Sporino
Liev Schreiber HBO24/7announcer
Michael Buffer Himself
Tony Kornheiser Himself
Michael Wilbon Himself
Hannah Storm Herself
Max Kellerman Himself
Jim Lampley Himself
Carl Weathers Apollo Creed (archive footage)

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Probably Unanswerable Questions

Apollo’s third fight; Adonis’s job; Rocky’s son; Tone Trump photo; Mary Anne’s wealth

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 00:34:56Read transcript
  • Rocky says Apollo won their private third fight. Bill doubts whether he is sparing the son’s feelings; Van thinks Apollo probably won. The uncertainty remains unresolved.
  • Nitpicks/unanswerable: Adonis’s financial-services job and work history are unclear, and weekend Tijuana boxing seems incompatible with managing clients’ money; Don Johnson is an appealing adviser-name joke.
  • Unanswerable: would Creed’s breakthrough uplift Philadelphia during poor Eagles and Sixers seasons? His Los Angeles–Philadelphia–Liverpool route is jokingly the reverse of Chris’s family migration.
  • Unanswerable: why does Rocky’s son not visit during chemotherapy, and did Tone Trump retain or post his photograph with Adonis after their fight?
  • Unanswerable: Adonis as the success of Philadelphia’s Process is a sports joke; Mary Anne’s wealth and his privileged upbringing are discussed without a firm financial answer.

Half-Assed Internet Research

Philadelphia locations; Rocky callbacks; flag trunks; muscle gain; Bellew’s title

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 00:37:22Read transcript
  • The uninterrupted Leo–Donnie fight is nominated; the panel names its cinematographer and reports thirteen takes with the eleventh used.
  • Jordan reportedly told Bill he took a real punch for the eleventh-round knockdown at Stallone’s insistence, continuing a franchise tradition; the Leo fight is reiterated as aged best.
  • Philadelphia research identifies Victor’s Cafe as Adrian’s, Front Street as Mighty Mick’s gym location, and Max’s as the cheesesteak restaurant.
  • Research: the cannot-sing-or-dance shirt references Rocky’s skating date; Stallone requested the flag trunks; Paulie’s grave gives 1940–2012; Jordan gained 24 pounds of muscle and learned boxing; Bellew won a cruiserweight title months later.

Casting What-Ifs

Rashad replaces Apollo’s earlier wife performer; no alternative candidates

In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:22:47Read transcript
  • Casting what-ifs: no reliable alternative casting is offered; Omar Epps and Meryl Streep are explicitly jokes. The panel attributes Phylicia Rashad replacing Apollo’s earlier wife performer to that actor’s death, a reported claim requiring separation from external credits.

Mount Rushmore for Philadelphia Movies

The Sixth Sense; Rocky; Blow Out; Trading Places; Super Bowl 52 joke addition

In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:29:50Read transcript
  • Chris’s Philadelphia movie Mount Rushmore names The Sixth Sense, Rocky, Blow Out and Trading Places, then adds Super Bowl 52 as emphatic number one, a sports-event joke beyond the four-film set.

Picking Nits

Unclear day job; Godfather crossover; ring experience; recovery; relationship pacing; eye makeup; post-fight respect

In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:31:33Read transcript
  • Nitpicks/unanswerable: Adonis’s financial-services job and work history are unclear, and weekend Tijuana boxing seems incompatible with managing clients’ money; Don Johnson is an appealing adviser-name joke.
  • Nitpick: Donnie’s Godfather impression crosses fictional worlds because Talia Shire appears in both franchises.
  • Nitpicks: Adonis has too little ring experience for this fight, despite a Ngannou comparison. Tijuana matchmaking is questioned; Van describes paid easy opponents as possible, but says he never did it.
  • Nitpicks: Rocky’s rapid cancer recovery and international travel, Bianca’s abrupt backstage intimacy, Conlan’s physique and vulnerability, and Donnie’s swollen-eye makeup.
  • Changing Adonis’s maternal surname is challenged, then the objection is withdrawn when both Johnson and Creed are noted on the trunks.
  • Conlan’s warm post-fight respect seems abrupt after their hostility, though reconciliation is called common in boxing; the length of his British gun sentence prompts jokes.