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There was a problem. Another film with Drago would answer many of the questions regarding what happened in the Soviet star's life after the ring. More than three million people may have searched Ivan Drago's name into YouTube for fight highlights from Rocky IV or to catch one of his nine speaking lines. Among the top results is a video titled, "Ivan Drago after have lost to Rocky. In the scene, Lundgren goes into a drunken rage and breaks a man's nose with one punch. It's easy to think that is Drago struggling with the loss.
Hopefully millions of people scroll far enough into the comments section to learn that. Rocky: The Ultimate Guide is considered the holy grail of Rocky books to accompany the movies. According to the Rocky Wikia page , the guide says that Drago was unable to fight after his loss to Balboa due to the USSR's restrictions on turning professional. After the Soviet Union falls, Drago goes on to post a 14—1 record with every victory being a knockout. He never fought for a major title or competed against any other top boxers due to promotional politics.
There was also a book released on Drago by Todd Noy. In the book , Drago is disgraced and disowned by his country before relocating to the U. The USSR is apparently not too happy with his return to the ring and send another likely performance-enhanced boxer to destroy him.
After years of alternately embracing Drago as part of him and wanting to show what else he could do as an actor, Creed II has proven to Lundgren that he and the Russian boxer were intertwined more closely than he knew.
He knows what it means to lose family. After reading the Creed II script, Lundgren instantly envisioned playing Drago as older and worn out. He pitched that vision to director Steven Caple Jr. Drago lays out what his life has been like after losing that fight in There were like five versions of it.
I wanted everything to stay in this grounded place. While some viewers might be surprised by how good a dramatic actor Lundgren is in the film, Stallone is not among them. Lundgren has always graciously shrugged off comparisons to the other action stars of his generation, noting that someone will always be richer than you or have bigger biceps than you.
I was in the military, I was already a fighter, I was a champion. It took me years to be able to do it on the big screen, but with good, good directors, not some movie no one will ever see. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. November 19, pm. Logo text. Related Stories.
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