Sylvester Stallone calls his 'Creed III' absence a 'regretful situation'

Sylvester Stallone with wife Jennifer Flavin (left) and daughters Sistine and Sophia. Photo: AP

Sylvester Stallone pulled no punches when recently asked for his thoughts on Creed III, the latest boxing film in the Rocky franchise and the first to exclude him from the cast.

In a candid interview for a Hollywood Reporter cover story published Monday (Nov 7), the screen icon lamented his absence from the forthcoming Creed feature starring Michael B. Jordan as Rocky's protege, Adonis Creed. The third Creed movie hits US theatres March 3 and marks Jordan's directorial debut.