Editing Rocky II (section)

===Filming===
The story development of Rocky surprising Creed by switching to fighting right-handed was not in the original script and only came about because of an accident on set. While getting in shape for the film, Stallone experienced an almost complete tear on his right pectoralis major muscle while trying to bench press 100&nbsp;kg with bodybuilder [[Franco Columbu]] and underwent a partially successful surgery in order to try to reattach the muscle. Therefore, he could not fight with his left hand.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/13/archives/rocky-fights-it-over-sports-of-the-times.html|title=Rocky Fights It over|newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 June 1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://theweek.com/articles/491907/sylvester-stallones-aging-physique|title=Sylvester Stallone's aging physique|website=[[The Week]] |date=12 August 2010 }}</ref>

The film's ending fight sequence also posed a challenge because at the time Talia Shire was busy making the drama ''[[Old Boyfriends]]'' and couldn't be on the set. So Stallone came up with the idea of having her watch the fight from home because of the new baby. Adrian's scenes were actually filmed some months later, toward the end of the shoot.{{citation needed|date =November 2021}}

An estimated 800 school children were used as [[extra (actor)|extras]] in the scene in which Rocky runs through Philadelphia<ref>{{cite news
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}}</ref> and climbs the steps at the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]].
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