![]() That next month, they discover that they are expecting a baby. With his earnings, they manage to find a new home and purchase a Pontiac Trans Am. After his release from the hospital, Rocky proposes to Adrian at the Philadelphia Zoo, and the couple marry on February 8, 1976. At first, Apollo goads Rocky into a rematch, but Rocky, instead, intends on retiring from boxing, and undergoes surgery for retinal detachment. In the second film, Adrian witnesses Rocky in the hospital after his recent match against Apollo Creed. While Creed is announced the winner, she appears to Rocky, to which he asks where her hat was, only for her to express her love for him. As Paulie is denied entrance into the ring by security, she manages to slip inside the ring when he pulls up the ropes. At the end of the match, Rocky calls out for her and Adrian rushes toward the ring, losing her hat along the way. As she witnesses Rocky get knocked down by Apollo, she briefly closes her eyes in silence. As the rounds go by, she eventually comes out during the 14th. Before Rocky's upcoming match against Apollo Creed, Adrian decides to stay in Rocky's locker room. Then, he taunts her for not being a virgin, which sends Adrian crying, running towards her room, but Rocky stops the tirade, and later offers her to stay at his apartment. An enraged and drunken Paulie physically threatens her and Rocky with a sawed-off baseball bat, only for Adrian to stand up for herself. ![]() On Christmas, an inebriated Paulie overhears her conversation with Rocky about Paulie's interferences. As the two begin dating, she gives Rocky a dog from the shop that he's admired a bull mastiff named Butkus. Adrian is surprised, as her mother said that she didn't have much of a body and should develop her brain. She asked him why he wanted to be a boxer, and he said that his father told him that he had no brains, and should develop his body. Īdrian and Rocky later go to an ice rink on Thanksgiving Day, where Rocky told her about his fighting career and his style. Adrian explains about her quiet and shy philosophy towards Rocky, but is later brought into a relationship with Rocky by her brother, Paulie. In the first film, Adrian is an Italian-American woman working at the J&M Tropical Fish pet store in Philadelphia, where a small-time boxer, Rocky Balboa, would visit frequently, needing food for his pet turtles. Talia Shire then auditioned for the role, and was selected. Susan Sarandon was considered, but she was turned down because she was deemed too pretty to play the mousy character of Adrian. Originally, Stallone offered Carrie Snodgress the role of Adrian, but she turned it down due to the low salary she was offered. The final scene in Rocky II, in which Rocky yells "Yo Adrian, I did it!", has been named by film enthusiasts as one of the most iconic quotes in sports film history. Shire was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Adrian in Rocky. Adrianna Pennino-Balboa is a fictional character from the Rocky series, played by Talia Shire.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |