this has got to be it right? he wouldnt let his flashback be shown in the movie unless he had a role (which wouldnt make sense if he died over 20 years earlier unless he wanted a different part, Apollos twin brother?), Weathers seems exactly the type of guy they are casting in those movies, unfortunately may have shot himself in the foot by not playing ball.
shareActually, I do know how the film industry works. And so does Carl Weathers. Stallone was the driving force behind Rocky Balboa. He took it to the studio and got it greenlit. He was the director with final cut.
When Carl Weathers was asking for money, he wasn't asking the studio, he was asking Stallone. He knew it was going to make a hefty payday and wanted a piece of the pie. Stallone claiming "he wanted many thousands of dollars, which we did not have" is a load of malarkey.
I also seem to remember reading that Stallone invested $100,000 of his own money to re-shoot a rabbit scene in Cliffhanger. Why couldn't he cut a check to an old friend and get them onboard?
Bottom line: if Stallone REALLY wanted Carl Weather in Rocky Balboa, he would have been.
First off Dolph and mr T gave Stallone the persmission to use their footage in the Rocky movies for free, because they're friends.
Weathers didn't just want a paycheck that was too much for Stallone's budget but he also wanted an actual role in the movie which was retarded. So you see the difference between him and the other two former co-workers of the Rocky franchise?
And do you now see why Stallone felt disrespected and told him fine, you get nothing now or later when I make The Expendables.