In many ways, the screenplay really took me back to the original 'Rocky,'

I took a day to search for God, And found Him not; but as I trod, By rocky ledge, through woods untamed, Just where one scarlet lily flamed, I saw His footprint in the sod

We took a completely different slant on it than the original; all the characters are totally different.

Tony took me out intentionally. No two ways about that.

took a great toll on me.

Howard took his old audience. We're after a new one.