He also doesn't know why Rocky is interested, seeing as how Adrian is almost 30 and unmarried. He also calls her “busted” in one scene for not being a virgin.
In Rocky II, Rocky proposed marriage to Adrian in the Philadelphia Zoo. Shortly after their marriage, Rocky started to lavish gifts upon his bride from the money he made from the fight with Apollo Creed. Rocky bought a new house and a few weeks later Rocky found out that Adrian was pregnant.
Adrian likes Rocky and it is clear to the viewer and to Rocky after their date that Adrian likes him, however she's quite socially awkward or 'shy'. She doesn't know what to do with the fact she likes him and she tries to do what she always does which is to go back home to Paulie.
While promoting Rocky Balboa in a 2006 interview with Moviehole, Stallone explained that Adrian would've been much more one-dimensional in the movie's original storyline (mostly advising Rocky in ways such as "don't do that, don't do that, don't do that") - which he didn't want.
Creed. Adrian doesn't physically appear in Creed, having previously died from ovarian cancer, but photos of her are seen around Rocky's restaurant (which was named after her).
Adrian Monk, for those not in the know, is a warm and brokenhearted detective who has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a mental illness with specific traits that Shalhoub says are not all that hard for him to identify with.
While helping Donnie train, Rocky stumbles, falls and is rushed to the hospital. Through further testing, he is diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Rocky doesn't agree to train Adonis for the initial fight, causing the relationship to be broken for several months, until they mend the fences to work together for the second fight (after the first did not have a proper ending).
Despite being born prematurely, the baby is healthy, but Adrian falls into a coma. Rocky blames himself for what happened and refuses to leave her bedside until she wakes up, and will not go to see his new baby until the baby can be together with his mother.
Despite being the face of the Rocky franchise, Stallone chose not to appear in Creed III due to creative differences with producer Irwin Winkler as well as with Jordan, although he is still a producer on the film.
Rocky's doctor, Presley Jensen, reveals that Rocky is suffering from a condition called Cavum septi pellucidi, which is brain damage caused by extremely heavy blows to the head. The effects are seemingly permanent and irreversible.
We later learn in Creed that he no longer lives in Philly. Adonis Johnson Creed asks Rocky about his son. Rocky explains that he moved to Vancouver with his girlfriend and got a good job there. Rocky says that he moved because he was tired of being remembered as just Rocky Balboa's son, that was just a rumour.
An accident during childbirth left part of his face and tongue paralyzed, giving him his distinctive snarled expression and slurred speech. An outcast his entire life, Stallone saw acting as an outlet, though his face and voice were factors in his constant rejection for roles.
Mickey "Mighty Mick" Goldmill
T) is a "killer" and that Rocky shouldn't fight him. When Rocky takes the fight anyway, Mick reluctantly agrees to coach his fighter, but a pre-fight argument sees Mick pushed by Lang, resulting in the coach going into cardiac arrest.
After eight unsuccessful IVF cycles within five years, she had just one embryo left to use. She had to decide to either place the last one in her body, which previously resulted in multiple miscarriages, or she could go with a surrogate.
The plot of Rocky centers on the story of Rocky Balboa, a humble boxer of Italian American descent who works for the mafia and is, by chance, named the new contender for the world heavyweight championship.
Originally, Adrian was supposed to be at the big fight. However, because Talia Shire was working on another movie at the time, the storyline was changed to having her stay home and watch the fight on television.
The next day, Adrian met her doctor at the hospital who told her the baby had passed away in the womb, and Mercy was delivered stillborn. Adrian and Ben held their daughter after she was born. The doctors had no clue as to why she was stillborn. Her name was mentioned by Adrian in the episode "When One Door Closes ..."
Heidi Aldridge survived three weeks in a coma while suffering from the H1N1 virus during her pregnancy.
Sage Stallone, Sylvester's real-life son, portrays his character's son in the film. In Rocky IV, he was portrayed as a nine-year-old child whereas Sage was 14 at the time of filming, making him a teenager in Rocky V, despite it taking place just days after the events of Rocky IV.
Fame and complacency soon cause Balboa to lose his title to young thug Clubber Lang ( Mr. T ), who inadvertently causes the death of Rocky's beloved trainer, Mickey (Burgess Meredith), before their first championship bout.
Why is Sylvester Stallone absent from 'Creed III'? The 76-year-old actor said in an interview that he did not participate in the filming of the movie because the story had been given a direction with which he did not agree.
The Creed franchise continued various storylines from the original Rocky movies, but the focus of the series fully shifted to Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) with Creed 3. The movie marked the first time that Sylvester Stallone's Rocky did not appear, as he remained out of the main story.
When Rocky Balboa comes to bail him out, Adonis is still upset, and tells off the former heavyweight champion, accusing him of getting Apollo Creed killed in the ring.
When Rocky stops paying attention to his son and shifts his entire focus to training a young boxer from Oklahoma named Tommy Gunn, a dismayed Paulie steps in and begins training and spending more time with his nephew. Later, after Tommy has betrayed Rocky, he shows up at a bar to challenge Rocky to a street fight.