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I Play Rocky's Carl Weathers asks for a "real actor"

Stephan James plays Apollo Creed's future star in an audition scene drawing attention on Rotten Tomatoes Coming Soon.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 170,834 views a day, 42 times a normal first day on this channel (4,064).

I Play Rocky Exclusive Clip - Meeting Carl (2026)

Stephan James walks into the casting room as Carl Weathers with enough confidence to offer an immediate demonstration in the boxing ring. Reading opposite Sylvester Stallone turns out to be the harder assignment.

The scene comes from Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky, a dramatization of Stallone's determination to star in the boxing movie he wrote. Posted by the clips channel Rotten Tomatoes Coming Soon, "I Play Rocky Exclusive Clip - Meeting Carl (2026)" reached roughly 124,000 views in 13 hours, far beyond the channel's usual pace for a Short.

James plays Weathers auditioning for Apollo Creed, the champion who faces Rocky Balboa. Anthony Ippolito plays Stallone, whose flat line readings and wandering attention gradually test the auditioning actor's patience. Eventually, Weathers stops to ask director John Avildsen for "a real actor" to read with. There's an uncomfortable piece of information he hasn't yet been given about the man across the table.

This is a performed scene, not footage of the original audition. But the resemblance is precisely what viewers keep discussing: comments pick out James's voice, movements and likeness to Weathers, while others notice how both leads evoke their younger counterparts. Several also ask who the actor playing Weathers is.

The clip gives James the swaggering entrance, while Ippolito's Stallone sits quietly opposite him. For a film about a writer insisting he can carry his own movie, it's a particularly pointed encounter.

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What viewers say

Not only do we see a young Stallone in this movie, but we see a young Carl Weathers too, and both actors do such a good job, I literally thought I saw the younger versions of them.
@michaellucejr.6374See it on YouTube
Dude moves, talks, looks and all like Carl Weathers?? Who is he? He is amazing!!
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I Play Apollo
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Dude absolutely nailed Carl!!
@jeshkamSee it on YouTube
As a die hard Rocky series fan....that was incredible!!
@ThAkIDRuSee it on YouTube
He definitely has a stew going on there!
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