Thread: Question about Rocky III

I heard that before Mr. T, there was a boxer in real life named Earnest (can't remember his last name) that was supposed to portray Clubber Lang. But he had a squeaky voice, much like Mike Tyson, and Stallone didn't want that.

Then there was another guy (don't know if it was Earnest or not), that got in the ring and wanted to beat the hell out of Stallone, he didn't understand the concept of 'ACTING', and that in the script he was going to lose, so Stallone had to kick him out. Does anyone know the guys name?

Earnie Shavers was the first name considered for the role of Clubber Lang so thats where you get Ernest from

Joe Frazier was also considered


Thats all I know - hope this helps

Originally Posted by Mark TKO

Earnie Shavers was the first name considered for the role of Clubber Lang so thats where you get Ernest from

Joe Frazier was also considered


Thats all I know - hope this helps

Didn't Joe Frazier make an appearence in the 1st movie? Don't know if it was him in real life (it looked like it was), but he shook hands with Apollo and Rocky before the fight.

Yes they fought in Philadelphia and Frazier was ring side.

I read in a book, and maybe on wiki not shure...., that Lenny Mclean wanted to fight Mr-T years ago but he wouldent because he didnt want a messed up face because it wouldent look good when hes on tv lol

Originally Posted by Clubber

Originally Posted by Mark TKO

Earnie Shavers was the first name considered for the role of Clubber Lang so thats where you get Ernest from

Joe Frazier was also considered


Thats all I know - hope this helps

Didn't Joe Frazier make an appearence in the 1st movie? Don't know if it was him in real life (it looked like it was), but he shook hands with Apollo and Rocky before the fight.

One of the best lines from the first film,Frazier gets in to the ring and starts clowning around with Apollo Creed. Rocky turns to Micky and says,"They must be friends"

Originally Posted by Rich R

I read in a book, and maybe on wiki not shure...., that Lenny Mclean wanted to fight Mr-T years ago but he wouldent because he didnt want a messed up face because it wouldent look good when hes on tv lol

Lenny would of messed him up proper

I don't think so Mr.T was a fighter in real life was he?

lol... what do you think Mclean was?

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v65547198SyBbxPe

Originally Posted by Clubber

I don't think so Mr.T was a fighter in real life was he?

Mr. T won a National Toughman contest.

I stand corrected.

Originally Posted by lance Uppercut

Originally Posted by Clubber

I don't think so Mr.T was a fighter in real life was he?

Mr. T won a National Toughman contest.

Yeah. I saw that. He busted through a wall because he couldn't climb over it. He did it for the keeds.

I think Mr.T used to work as a minder to the stars as he was a bit of a hard man.

almost certainly no Lenny though...

I wonder why Mr. T didn't become a boxer. Hey, good for him he didn't have to get punched in the face to make a living, but he might have been good.