Creed II (2018)

This is a sequel to the 2015 film of the same name

Summary

-With former boxing champion Rocky Balboa acting as his coach, Adonis Johnson, the son of late boxing legend Apollo Creed, takes on Viktor Drago, the son of former Russian boxing champion Ivan Drago

Cast

-Michael B. Jordan: Adonis Johnson

-Sylvester Stallone: Rocky Balboa

-Tessa Thompson: Bianca

-Phylicia Rashad: Mary Anne Creed

-Dolph Lundgren: Ivan Drago

-Florian Munteanu: Viktor Drago

-Russell Hornsby: Buddy Marcelle

-Wood Harris: Tony "Little Duke" Burton

-Mile Ventimiglia: Robert Balboa

-Robbie Johns: Logan Balboa

-Andre Ward: Danny "The Stuntman" Wheeler

-Brigitte Nielsen: Ludmilla Drago

Did You Know?

-This is the fifth film to feature two turtles named Cuff and Link. In real life, they are Sylvester Stallone's pets and have been for nearly 50 years

-Rocky is two years old than Mickey, the man who coached Rocky in the original 1976 film

-Just like the 1985 film Rocky IV, none of the Russian characters are played by actual Russian-born people. Dolph Lundgren, who plays Ivan Drago, is Swedish. Brigitte Nielsen, who plays Ludmilla, is Danish and Florian Munteanu, who plays Viktor Drago is German-Romanian

-Dolph Lundgren worked with director Steven Caple Jr to change his appearance and visibly age the character Ivan Drago. He did this to show the poverty and suffering the character had experienced

-Brigitte Nielsen is actually an ex-wife of Sylvester Stallone. They were engaged during the filming of Rocky IV, married after the premier and divorced two years later

-The search for the perfect person to play Viktor Drago took several months and trips around the world. The production crew met with several comedians and athletes who were also disciples of martial arts, kickboxing, boxing and American football. After searching through hundreds of photos, the right man had been found. German-Romanian boxer Florian Munteanu, known as "Big Nasty" was chosen

-When shooting her scenes, Brigitte Nielsen was 7 months pregnant. Filming was made to shoot around her ever increasing stomach. She gave birth to her fifth child, but first daughter, who she named Frida, exactly two weeks after filming concluded

-The film crew, Sylvester Stallone, Michael B. Jordan and Steven Caple Jr spent ten weeks filming in and around Philadelphia and then filmed the desert scenes in Deming, New Mexico

-This was filmed during the Anthony Joshua v. Joseph Parker fight in Wales on 03/31/2018

-Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren trained just as hard as the people they were coaching in the film, just to make sure they were in shape just like Adonis Creed and Viktor Drago

-One of the people fighting hard to get the role of Viktor Drago was UFC fighter Sage Northcutt

-The fight between Adonis Creed and Danny "The Stuntman" Wheeler took place at the newer version of MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Ironically, in the fight between Apollo Creed and Ivan Drago, that fight took place at the old MGM Grand, now Bally's, in Vegas

-In both this film and Rocky IV, Adonis gets his ribs broken by Viktor Drago just as Rocky got his ribs broken from Ivan Drago

-This film does not begin with recap of the final fight scene, like in Rocky Balboa and Creed

-In order to be seen as a credible fighter on screen, Michael B. Jordan underwent a strict diet and trained 2-3 times a day

-Michael B. Jordan wanted coach Patrice "Boogie" Harris to train him like a real boxer so he can develop these skills and develop his speed and coordination

-In this film, Bianca is suffering from progressive hearing loss while her daughter Amara is totally deaf. It's very rare for someone with progressive hearing loss to create a totally deaf child with a partner who has no hearing problems themselves. In this case, Adonis Creed

-During the 1st weigh-in, Ivan Drago tells Adonis "You're not as big as your father". Carl Weathers is 6'1'' while Michael B. Jordan is only 6'

Creed (2015)

This film is a spinoff of the highly successful Rocky series. This one focuses on Donnie Creed, the son of fallen boxing legend Apollo Creed from the first film.

Summary

-Former heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Balboa acts as trainer/mentor to Adonis Creed, the son of former boxing legend Apollo Creed

Cast

-Michael B. Jordan: Adonis Creed

-Sylvester Stallone: Rocky Balboa

-Tessa Thompson: Bianca

-Phylicia Rashad: Mary Anne Creed

-Andre Ward: Danny "The Stuntman" Wheeler

-Tony Bellew: "Pretty" Ricky Conlon

-Ritchie Coster: Pete Sporino

-Jacob "Stitch" Duran: Stitch

-Graham McTavish: Tommy Holiday

-Wood Harris: Tony "Little Duke" Burton

Did You Know?

-During pre-production, Sylvester Stallone's son Sage died of a heart attack. Stallone admitted this sent him nearly into a full-blown mental breakdown, but Ryan Congler was able to calm him down and convince him to do this as a sort of dedication to Sage. Despite being resistant to the idea of the father-son relationships that appear in it, Stallone said at the Golden Globes that he hoped this would help him work out any issues with Sage's death

-Sylvester Stallone asked that Michael B. Jordan wear the same American flag trunks that Apollo Creed wore in the first Rocky film, Rocky III and Rocky IV to keep the tradition alive

-Carl Weathers, who played Apollo Creed, was extremely proud of the work Michael B. Jordan did and he gave a full endorsement to the movie and praised Michael B. Jordan's performance. Jordan felt highly honored by that

-Sylvester Stallone was 69 when this film was released. This was the same age as Burgess Meredith (Mickey) when the original film from 1976 was released

-Tony "The Bomber" Bellew, a real-life championship boxer from Liverpool, England, plays boxer "Pretty" Ricky Conlon

-The soccer game between Everton and West Brom was filmed on a Monday night. Since Stallone is an Everton fan, he asked if fans wanted to participate in the crowd shots in the film

-Andre Ward is a real-life Light Heavyweight boxing champion. He won the gold medal at the 2004 summer Olympic games in Athens, Greece. The gold medal he holds in the HBO promo scene is real and belongs to him

-During filming, Sylvester Stallone had to break up a fight between two boxers featured in this movie

-The quote Rocky says to Adonis "Women weaken legs" is the same quote that was said to Rocky by his coach Mickey in the original film

-Michael B. Jordan felt immense pressure doing this film. He says Sylvester Stallone put him at ease. Michael said "Sly did the biggest thing for me, which was to take that pressure off of me...to not worry about competing or living up to what the other Rocky films were - just to be myself."

-Michael B. Jordan underwent a strict regimen of working out 2-3 times a day, 6 days a week, a strict diet. With that, he gained 24 lbs of muscle and since he didn't have a body double, he had to learn how to box to prepare for this role

-Following the tradition of his father Apollo, Adonis is also named after someone in Greek mythology. Apollo was the god of the sun while Adonis is the demi-god of beauty and desire

-Tessa Thompson, who plays Bianca, is a real-life musician. She's part of an electro band called Caught a Ghost and three of her songs are featured here: "Grip" "Breathe" "Shed You"

-The placement of names on Donnie's uniform have a significant impact. On his shorts are the name CREED, which makes his opponent think about his father's legendary heavyweight champ title while on the back is the name JOHNSON which lets Donnie build his own name and legacy

-Both gyms used in the film, Front Street Gym and Mighty Mick's Gym are both located in the Kensington section of Philadelphia

-When Tessa Thompson and Michael B. Jordan fall asleep on the couch, the film playing on TV is Skyfall (2012)

-Tony "Little Duke" Evers, played by Wood Harris, is revealed to be the son of Duke, the trainer for Apollo and Rocky who appeared in Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky IV (1985), Rocky V (1990) and Rocky Balboa (2006). Duke was played by Tony Burton

-The intro music for Adonis Creed is "Hail Mary" by Tupac Shakur. It's a rumor that Michael B. Jordan will be playing the West Coast rap legend in an upcoming biopic

-Michael B. Jordan's fighting style was inspired by real life boxers Timothy Bradley, Pernell Whitaker and Andre Ward

Andre Ward

Pernell Whitaker

Timothy Bradley

-This is only the second time that Michael B. Jordan has portrayed a boxer. The first time was on an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent titled "Inhumane Society"

-In 1969, it was said that Phylicia Rashad's movie husband Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) was coached by football coach Don Coryell at San Diego State University. In 1973, he coached her real-life ex-husband Ahmad Rashad for the St. Louis Cardinals

-Michael B. Jordan's character references a line from The Godfather (1972). This is a film, ironically, that Talia Shire starred in, as Connie Corleone. In the Rocky films, she plays Adrian. In addition, Joe Spinell, who played Tony Gazzo in the first two Rocky films, played Willie Cicci in the first two Godfather films

-During the Conan vs. Wheeler fight on SportsCenter, the scrolling ticker at the bottom indicates the Golden State Warriors NBA team beat the Los Angeles Clippers 113-86. Director Ryan Coogler is a native of Oakland and grew up in the Bay Area and is a fan of the Golden State Warriors

45 Years Ago, Rocky Hits the Big Screen

People often make fun of the way Sylvester Stallone says the name "Adrian" in this film. They often make fun of the way he talks, out of one side of his mouth. If you look into his background, you'll find out why he talks that way. When his mother was giving birth to him, doctors used forceps to pull him out and thus, they severed a nerve in his cheek, resulting in paralysis of the right side of his face. That's why he talks out of one side of his mouth and his speech is slightly slurred. But, forgive my ramblings, lol. 45 years ago, on Nov. 21, 1976, the ultimate underdog story hit the big screen in the form of Rocky.

He didn't seem to have great success at films. He was still a pretty big, unknown face. Which is what made him perfect for the role of fourth-rate boxer Rocky Balboa

Before landing a role that would get him grade A notoriety, he starred in a series of low budget films that barely made it to the big screen. He appeared in a soft-core porn film called The Party At Kitty and Stud's and later The Lords of Flatbush. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles, hoping to find some acting work there. Then, he was inspired by watching the 03/24/1975 boxing match between Chuck Wepner, known as "The Bayonne Bleeder" and Muhammad Ali. All bets were against Wepner and lasted 15 rounds until he was knocked out by Ali. He also managed to get a few hits in on Ali, making Wepner the first fighter to take down Ali

In a documentary called The Rocky Story, Stallone mentioned this. "I saw a man they called 'The Bayonne Bleeder', who didn't have a chance at all, against the greatest fighting machine, supposedly, that ever lived. And for one brief moment, this supposed stumblebum turned out to be magnificent. And the fact that he lasted and knocked the champion down... I said 'Boy, if this isn't a metaphor for life.'" It was then that the inklings of the story of Rocky came to be. The film-to-be, titled Rocky, would be about a fourth-rate boxer named Rocky Balboa who's working as a bodyguard for a loan shark, who's taken out of obscurity and given a chance to fight the reining heavyweight champion Apollo Creed. Along the way, Rocky falls in love with Adrian Pennino (Talia Shire), who works the pet shop near his home in Philadelphia and the sister of his best friend Paulie (Burt Young)

Stallone wrote the script in three days, but he said that "maybe 10% actually made it to film". The cinematic trends of the time had the main characters being anti-heroes, not exactly perfect. Rocky was to be a down on his luck boxer past his age of perfection working as a bodyguard for a local loan shark. His coach Mickey (Burgess Meredith) was a racist man with a temper worse than what is seen on screen. In the original script, Rocky was to throw the fight against Apollo because he no longer wanted to be in the dirty, sleazy world of professional boxing. But his then wife, Sasha Czak, didn't like that direction and Stallone re-wrote the script to resemble the film seen in theatres

During a casting call, Stallone made mention of this script to the producers, who seemed genuinely interested and told him to bring it by the next chance he got. United Artists loved it and wanted to start filming it and financing it, but only on one condition. Stallone couldn't play the protagonist. They wanted someone like Robert Redford, Burt Reynolds or even James Caan to play the title role. They offered Stallone $300,000 for the script. Stallone refused, sticking to his original notion of him playing this role. "I thought 'Alright, you've managed poverty very well. You've got this down to a science. You don't really need much to live on.'" So I thought 'You know what? I know in the back of my mind if I sell this script and it does very, very well, I'm gonna jump off a building if I'm not in it.' There's no doubt about it. I'm gonna leap in front of a train. I'm gonna be very upset. So this is one of those things where you just roll the dice, and you fly by the proverbial seat of your pants and say 'Alright, I gotta try it. I gotta just do it. I may be totally wrong, and I'm gonna be taking a lot of people down with me, but I just believe in it.'"

Stallone was cast as the lead role as producers Irvin Winkler and Robert Chartoff got the green light to go ahead and start filming. The budget was just over $1 million, a large fortune at the time. Director John C. Avildsen hit the streets of Philadelphia in a van, using the newly invented Steadicam, invented by Garrett Brown, to get clear shots of Rocky running through the city in the early morning hours. Stallone recalls in an interview "Finally my legs basically gave out, and I'm writhing on the ground, and I want to rise up and say 'John, I'm dying here,' and he goes 'Use it! Use the pain.'"

The other scenes of him training were just as brutal, if not worse. The scenes where he's punching slabs of meat in the slaughterhouse where Paulie works were just as brutal. "I don't know if anyone's hit a bull lately. They're hard, they're real hard. So my knuckles are flattened out. ...I don't know what they're good for anymore, I guess kind of like a table leg now. They're pretty flat, they're pretty even, they really don't function as a hand much anymore." Stallone said

Stallone was able to cut costs dramatically by casting his father, Frank Stallone as the bellringer, his brother, Frank Stallone Jr, as a street corner singer. His then wife, Sasha, was the on-set photographer. There were two last-minute hirings that would also make the movie: Talia Shire as Adrian Pennino and Carl Weathers as Apollo Creed. When speaking of Shire's audition, Stallone said "We just read, and I felt the earth move. I really felt a tremendous vitality and kinship. I love her." Stallone realized that the relationship between Adrian and Rocky would be a defining characteristic of the film. "These two people are two halves that absolutely need to fit together. And I'm starting to realize that this is the key to the film. This is the heartbeat. The whole movie is going to be based on the discovery of these two people, the love." he continued

Carl Weathers brought the same outgoing personality as his character Apollo Creed would possess. Stallone knew he chose the right man after reading lines and even doing some boxing training. Weathers managed to get a few blows on Stallone during auditions. "Then he sits back down and he goes 'Mr. Avildsen, I could do much better if you had a real actor reading with me'. He goes 'Well, Carl, that's Rocky. That's the guy who wrote the script.' He goes 'Maybe he'll get better.'" Stallone said. Originally, the end was supposed to be a somber moment where he went through the crowd looking for Adrian and they walk to the locker room together in silence "being anonymous forevermore". But, of course, that didn't sit well with Stallone. "We thought 'Boy, wouldn't it be interesting to catch a man's life at the quintessential, seminal moment?'"

He re-wrote the final scene to show Adrian running into the ring and her and Rocky exchanging "I love you's" and the film fading to black on a freeze frame of Rocky's battered but ecstatic face. "We all hit this absolute maximum of elation and celebration that can only be sustained for an infintisemal moment in time. And that's how we froze the original Rocky. He went out at the height. His life will never be more rewarding or more important or valid than that second." Stallone said

Strangely, despite the sleeper status Rocky had after its release on 11/21/1976, it became the highest grossing film of that year, raking in more than $225 million globally. It received 10 Academy Award nominations and won three, beating out the films Network, Taxi Driver, All the President's Men and Bound for Glory for Best Picture. This film spawned multiple sequels and even the highly successful Creed spinoff series. This, in turn, turned Stallone into a well-known name. He would also star in the highly successful Rambo series and a few other action films, such as Tango & Cash, Cobra, Cliffhanger. One of the prouder moments of Stallone's career was when Rocky was shown at the Director's Guild of America. Stallone, who was there with his mother, thought the film had bombed because the fight scenes didn't get a response; the jokes went right over the heads of the crowd. As he and his mother left the theatre, moviegoers at the bottom of the stairs started applauding for the film.

Stallone recalled "I just completely came apart. So there will never be a moment like that, ever. When you find the right components in your life, the right people that gel with you, then you feel as though you're invincible. It may be a fallacy, but you at least feel as though you can take all that life has to dish out."

Day 21-Your favorite movie

God, this list is going to be long. Generally anything with Hugh Jackman, Jet Li, Sylvester Stallone, Chow Yun-fat or anything music-related I will watch

Australia

-An English baroness must go to Australia to sell her father's estate, Faraway Downs, but in the process learns how to round up cattle and falls for the Drover (Hugh Jackman) in charge of the cattle

Flushed Away

-A pampered pet rat named Roddy St. James is accidentally flushed down the toilet and ends up in an underground version of London, where he runs into a scavenger rat named Rita. They both get caught up in a toad's attempt to flush out the underground world where she lives during the soccer World Cup

Flight 666

-This is a concert film about heavy metal band Iron Maiden's 2008 Somewhere Back in Time tour

Tango & Cash

-Two rival cops are set up for murder and must work with each other to prove their innocence

First Blood

-This is the film that introduces the character known as Rambo. John Rambo is a war-torn Vietnam Vet just passing through a small town on his way to meet up with the members of his military unit. The local sheriff doesn't like his disheveled appearance and arrests him. The cops torture him, forcing flashbacks and he escapes, prompting a large, wide-scale manhunt

Rocky

-Everyone knows this series. It's about a down and out boxer who manages to become the world championship boxer

Kiss of the Dragon

-Jet Li plays Liu Jian, a Beijing police officer in Paris to arrest a drug kingpin known only as Mr. Big. When a corrupt Parisian police officer kills him and Jian witnesses it on screen, the Parisian officer convinces his fellow cops Liu is a psychotic killer and has the whole Parisian police force out looking for him. The only known witness is an American prostitute named Jessica Kamen (Bridget Fonda), who can prove his innocence

Unleashed

-Jet Li plays a man with a child-like mentality who was taken from his mother, a piano virtuoso, at a young age and trained to be an attack dog for a vicious London loan shark. When the car they're in crashes one day, Li escapes and finds himself in the loving care of a blind piano tuner and his daughter, who are in London while she attends school and after she graduates, are going back to New York. This piano tuner offers to take him with them, which Li graciously accepts

Bulletproof Monk

-Chow Yun-fat plays the Monk with No Name. He has a scroll which will give unlimited power. He must seek out a new keeper of the scroll to prevent it falling into the wrong hands, which in this case are two Nazis from the 1940s

Freejack

-This is one of Mick Jagger's attempts at acting. He's pretty good in it. Emilio Estevez plays Alex Furlong, a race car driver brought into the future as the recipient of a mind transplant for a rich, dying businessman. When he escapes, "Bonejackers", mercenaries with time travel technology, led by one Victor Vacendak (Mick Jagger), must seek him out

Detroit Rock City

-Four teens-Hawk, Trip, Jam, Lex- are all fans of the band KISS. They are also in a band that plays KISS music called Mystery. They have been trying desperately to see KISS in concert, but all attempts have been futile. Only when Jam's mother, a religious fanatic who believes KISS stands for "Knights in Satan's Service", finds tickets to the band in her son's pocket, she embarrasses him at school with a rant over the PA and forces him to watch as she burns the tickets, not knowing her son's friends are also watching. It then becomes an all out mission to see KISS play at Cobo Hall in Detroit

Across the Universe

-Jude (Jim Sturgess) is a Liverpool dock worker who joins the Merchant Navy. While on the East Coast, he meets up with his father, who basically turns him away. While on campus, he meets Max, a rich kid who has been drafted and he meets his sister Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood). The two fall in love amidst the heightening Vietnam protests

Ninja Assassin

-I honestly didn't know how violent and bloody/gory this movie was until I seen it. It's about a ninja who wants to break away from his clan and in the process is accused of murder and becomes the target of EUROPOL, who are trying to prove that ninjas are used for murder-for-hire missions. The person who plays the main ninja is a Korean pop singer named Rain. He's very attractive

Mulan

-No matter how many times I see this, I still love it every time. Reminds me of Chinese culture, which I love so much!

Memoirs of a Geisha

-Chiyo, a young girl from a fishing village, along with her sister Satsu, are sold out by their parents to a man named Mr. Tanaka, who takes them to Kyoto and takes Chiyo to an okiya (geisha boarding house) because of her pretty looks and Satsu to a house of prostitution. Chiyo then learns all the things she must know to become a geisha and in time, becomes one of the most revered geisha of all, but not before running into problems with her okiya's resident geisha, Hatsumomo, who is the okiya's main earner and is cruel, devilish and bullying

The Full Monty

-A group of Sheffield, England steel mill workers have been laid off. One of them, nicknamed "Gaz", is looking to make some quick money for child support payments. While going through town one day, he sees a line of women queuing up outside a nightclub and he quickly sees why. The American male entertainer troupe the Chippendales are inside. He gets an idea to have them all become strippers and do "the full monty", meaning go down to complete nudity

Day 12-Something random-Handsome guys

How I see beauty

Simply put, I think the guys listed below are handsome for their age. For each guy, I mention the reasons they are on here. Whether it be personality, talents, etc.

You know how everyone sees beauty differently? How some things about certain men or women appeal to certain men or women? Or how certain things, like physical features, personality, or something as simple as where a person is from might seem attractive? I always have to wonder if people think I'm odd because I happen to think accents on guys are attractive. I also happen to think that guys sometimes stay handsome as they age or they look good for their ages. Seems like my weakness is English accents on guys. I'm not sure why, but I just find that accent to be particularly handsome. Along with Australian accents on guys

With each guy I think is handsome, there are reasons for that, definitely not shallow reasons like "He's cute", or something

Dave Murray

-Iron Maiden, guitar

-I find him handsome for his age because he has a very sweet, kind, loving personality. He's more or less the kind of guy to simply go with the flow and not ask a lot of questions. He's also a private guy, not one to give a lot of himself away. I think it's nice to see a rockstar completely devoid of ego, which is an incredible rarity nowadays. Something that also amazes me is that in the chapter of Run to the Hills: Iron Maiden, the Authorized Biography, about Dave Murray, is that he said that when he made some money with Maiden, the first thing he did was buy his parents a nice house so they wouldn't have to move anymore. So that if this music thing didn't work out, he could at least say he did something nice

Glenn Hughes

-Deep Purple/solo, bass, vocals

-I love his solo stuff. I never knew he was with Deep Purple until I read that book about him, just out curiosity. His solo stuff is amazing and I bought his new Resonate album. Definitely worth checking out. I love his personality. He's a kind, sweet, loving guy. He's never cheated on people while in relationships, that anyone knows of, at least. He just seems like a really loving guy

Glenn Tipton

-Judas Priest, guitar

-I never knew he wrote the bulk of lyrics for Judas Priest. How awesome is that. I think he's handsome and incredibly intelligent. He has an English accent, definitely one of my biggest weaknesses, lol. But then again, I'm sure a lot of people are under the impression that American women fall head over heels for English accents on guys, lol. I definitely like Glenn because he's a smart guy, a good guitar player and a just all around nice guy. I honestly never knew he was married and had two kids named Ricky and Corinna

Hugh Jackman

-Actor

-He's a very good actor. He can do comedy one minute and drama the next

Bruce Dickinson

-Iron Maiden, vocals

-After reading a book about him called Bruce Dickinson: Flashing Metal with Maiden and Flying Solo, I know a little more about the "Air Raid Siren". He has a personality that does not allow him to knuckle under from people putting him down. His grandfather taught him to never let anyone grind you down. He's not only a good singer, but in interviews, he just seems like a very calm, laid back guy who doesn't like to give too much of himself away. Besides, when he was diagnosed with cancer, it shocked everyone, because they probably thought he wasn't going to make it, but he managed to beat cancer and is still going strong, even into his late fifties. Also, there is a biography about him that is due to come out in April of next year, titled Bruce Dickinson: Maiden Voyage. I can't wait for it to show up. It's listed as the first biography of Bruce Dickinson

Steve Harris

-Iron Maiden/British Lion, bass, vocals

-People often peg this guy as being arrogant, demanding or just egotistical. If he wasn't demanding, Iron Maiden would not be where it was today. It was because of him that Iron Maiden exists in the first place. Obviously the first two bands he was with, Gypsy's Kiss and Smiler, didn't go far. So he wanted a band that he could control the music direction of. To be honest, I've seen interviews he's done. He does not peg me as arrogant. Demanding, yes, but arrogant no. He just wants what's best for the band he created. He's an amazing bass player, a good dad, a good husband and just an all around nice guy. He's definitely dedicated to his football team, West Ham United, so much so that he got the logo for the team tattooed on his arm and is present on his Fender Precision bass guitar. Besides, he's a pretty smart guy. You essentially have to have some kind of intelligence to be a musician, to write songs that are going to chart

Sylvester Stallone

-Actor

-I like the fact he's a good actor. He can do drama one minute, comedy the next. He can do almost any role. People make fun of him because of the way he talks. If you knew why he talks the way he does, then you would understand. When his mother was giving birth to him, doctors used a pair of forceps on him to pull him out, severing a nerve in his cheek. This resulted in partial facial paralysis of the lower right side of his face, resulting in slurred speech

Jet Li

-Actor

-Not shockingly, he's very hesitant to do interviews. Mostly because people might peg him as a foreigner due to his English skills not being so good. He's an amazing actor. He moves so fast and when he's not acting, he's doing good things for others with his The One Foundation, which helps in times of need

Paul Stanley

-KISS, guitar, vocals

-Besides being a good singer/guitar player, he's just a nice guy. After reading that book of his, Face the Music: A Life Exposed, you really know more about him. Like when he was born, he was born with a rare facial deformity called microtia, which results in underdevelopment of the ear. Depending on the level of severity, it can affect you just a little or a whole lot. In his case, it was grade III, meaning his right ear was nothing more than a fleshy lump, which also meant he was completely deaf on that side. Because of that, he developed a high temper as a child. He was bullied for his deformity and later on, in KISS, people pegged him as standoffish, hard to get to know, but maybe it's just because he's a private person. He's also an incredibly intelligent guy, IQ definitely up near or right at genius

Tommy Lee

-Drums, Motley Crue

-I love his laid back, surfer-type personality. He seems to be THE ONLY ONE in Motley Crue who doesn't have an ego and think that he's God's gift to metal

Phil Collen

-Def Leppard, guitar

-He's handsome, smart, a good singer, a nice guy, what more could one person ask for? He's also a loving dad to his son Rory, daughter Savannah and his other kids. He managed to beat alcoholism and turn his life around. He currently is in great shape. Just Google pics of Phil Collen and you're going to see an endless supply of half naked pics showing off his ripped abs. But the reasons listed above are why I like him. He's a good guitarist, a smart guy, a good singer, an all around good musician

Duff McKagan

-Guns N'Roses/Velvet Revolver/Loaded, guitar, vocals

-Despite having problems with alcoholism, he wised up and got himself clean. Normally, I don't care about what happens to people who do drugs or alcohol. But, if they have the smarts to stop while there's still time and get themselves clean, they deserve a second chance. Plus, Duff is the kind of guy who never seems to speak bad about others, hardly any ego at all. I like rockstars without egos!

Tommy Flanagan

-Actor

-He has a handsome Scottish accent. You never hear anything bad about him. He seems to try and stay out of the spotlight as much as possible