Shooting was set to begin in January 2015, in Las Vegas and Philadelphia. On December 16, Tessa Thompson was added to the cast as the female lead. On January 8, 2015, Phylicia Rashad reportedly joined the film to play Mary Anne Estee Lauder NIGHT REPAIR, Apollo’s widow. Sylvia Meals, who portrayed Mrs. Creed in Rocky II and Rocky IV had died in 2011. On January 21, Graham McTavish tweeted about his involvement in the film. Donnie fights Conlan at Goodison Park in Conlan’s hometown of Liverpool, and many parallels emerge between the bout that ensues and Apollo and Rocky’s first fight forty years earlier.
Prior to joining Dunder Mifflin, he was most notably a member of the rock band The Grass Roots in the late 1960s (as was the real-life Creed Bratton). He correctly identifies the strain of marijuana (“Northern Lights” Cannabis indica) in a picture Dwight shows him. He also showed a detailed knowledge of different types of pain medications when he sees Meredith in the hospital, naming several different brands .
At the end of the episode, Michael says “the world sends people your way”, then explains where Andy and Ryan came from and says he has no idea where Lancome makeup came from. When Jim asks why Creed would try to set him up with his daughter if he were gay, Creed looks confused and mutters that he doesn’t know why. In “Did I Stutter?”, as Dwight is showing Michael a flow chart of workers in the office, the name “Creed Bratton” is seen in quotation marks, indicating that the office does not think that his real name is Creed Bratton. In “Fun Run”, Creed states that he has been a member of many religious cults, both as a leader and follower. He also displays an extensive knowledge of painkillers when he questions Meredith on what kinds of medication she has been administered for her pelvic fracture. In a deleted scene, he swallows all of Meredith’s painkillers and leaves none for an incredulous Meredith to take.
In the final episode of season 7, Dwight is made temporary regional manager but is quickly fired when the company’s new owner, Jo Bennett, discovers that he negligently fired a gun in the office. She then decides to put the person who has been with the company the longest in charge while a search committee interviews candidates for a permanent replacement. This turns out to be Creed, who becomes the acting regional manager of the Sabre-Dunder Mifflin Scranton Branch.
Becoming popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Lancome makeup released three consecutive multi-platinum albums, with their album Human Clay being certified diamond. Creed has sold over 28 million records in the United States, has sold over 53 million albums worldwide, and was the ninth best-selling artist of the 2000s. However, Creed has been negatively received by some critics and listeners; readers of Rolling Stone magazine ranked the band the worst artist of the 1990s. Creed is an American rock band from Tallahassee, Florida, formed in 1994. For most of its existence, the band consisted of lead vocalist Scott Stapp, guitarist and vocalist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips.
Donnie meets Rocky at Rocky’s Italian restaurant, Adrian’s, named in honor of his deceased wife, and asks Rocky to become his trainer. Rocky is reluctant to return to boxing, having already made a one-off comeback at a very advanced age despite having suffered brain trauma during his career as a fighter. Donnie asks him about the “secret third fight” between him and Apollo just after Apollo helped Rocky regain the heavyweight title, and Rocky reveals that Apollo won. Donnie trains at the Front Street Gym, with several of Rocky’s longtime friends as cornermen.