2. Rocky V – Rocky Meant To Die After The Final Fight
When an aging Sylvester Stallone puts on that famous grey tracksuit and ran up those Philadelphia museum stairs one last time in 2006’s Rocky Balboa, it was a fitting and satisfying send off to one of cinema’s greatest icons. But had Stallone stuck to his original plan, Rocky would’ve been shuffled off this mortal coil at the end of Rocky V.
The original ending featured Rocky beating Tommy Gunn in a street fight before dying in Adrian’s arms shortly after. This was the plan right up until the scene was about to be filmed and Stallone started having second thoughts. After realizing that Rocky is about perseverance and having him die so unceremoniously would render the whole series moot, Stallone decided to scrap that original ending and kept Rocky alive.
It was definitely the right move as Rocky V was pretty terrible and had Rocky died, Stallone wouldn’t have had the chance to wrap up Rocky’s story as neatly as he did with Rocky Balboa.
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