Oh Boy…Rocky was supposed to DIE at the end of Rocky V!! Stallone cried writing the death of his iconic character. It was all for no reason, since two weeks into filming, Avildsen, who came back to direct Rocky V after Stallone directed parts II, III, and IV himself, was told by a studio executive that Rocky Balboa, like Batman, Superman, and James Bond, could never die. In the original script, Tommy “Machine” Gunn kills Balboa in their street fight, concluding with Adrian giving a heartfelt speech to the reporters crowded outside the hospital about how Rocky’s spirit will live on forever…Come on now!! 
And this one is just for fun: . Rocky’s Turtle, Cuff and Link, outlived a couple of the Rocky characters from over the years! The female red-eared sliders that appeared in 2006’s Rocky Balboa are the same turtles from the original 1976 picture! Oh to be a turtle!!
