When the first Creed II trailer landed in early summer, the internet, as they say, broke. Michael B. Jordan, reprising his role as Adonis Johnson from Creed, is seen preparing for a fight amid emotional exchanges with the people in his life—his wife, his mother, and his mentor, Rocky Balboa. Though it’s not clear exactly what’s at stake, the tension builds as Kendrick Lamar’s “DNA” pulses over a brief training montage. Then the payoff: A fighter, face obscured, enters a boxing ring. He turns to reveal the name on his warmup jacket: Drago.
The hidden face belongs to Florian “Big Nasty” Munteanu. A German boxer of Romanian descent, the 27-year-old Munteanu landed the role of Viktor Drago, son of Ivan, after a career of more than 70 amateur fights, a bit of fitness modeling, and a few brief appearances in German television commercials.
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Original source: Florian Munteanu Talks Training, Diet, and 'Creed II'
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