Carl Weathers, who died Thursday at age 76, is being remembered by a lot of his most well-known co-stars.
Main the “Rocky” actor’s tributes is Adam Sandler, who Weathers starred alongside within the 1996 comedy “Completely happy Gilmore.”
“A real nice man,” Sandler, 57, wrote on Instagram and X, previously Twitter.
“Nice dad. Nice actor. Nice athlete. A lot enjoyable to be round all the time,” he continued on Friday. “Good as hell. Loyal as hell. Humorous as hell. Cherished his sons greater than something. What a man!!”
Sandler added: “Everybody cherished him. My spouse and I had the perfect occasions with him each time we noticed him. Like to his whole household and Carl will all the time be often known as a real legend.”
In “Completely happy Gilmore,” Weathers performed Chubbs Peterson, a one-time professional golfer who misplaced his hand in an alligator assault.
“He received me, however I tore one among that bastard’s eyes out, although,” Weathers memorably mentioned as Chubbs. “Take a look at that.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Weathers’ co-star in “The Predator,” additionally remembered his buddy Friday on Instagram.
“Carl Weathers will all the time be a legend. A unprecedented athlete, a improbable actor, and an incredible individual. We couldn’t have made Predator with out him,” the previous governor of California wrote, sharing a photograph of the pair’s iconic muscular handshake from the movie. “And we actually wouldn’t have had such a beautiful time making it.”
“Each minute with him – on set and off – was pure pleasure. He was the kind of buddy who pushes you to be your finest simply to maintain up with him. I’ll miss him, and my ideas are together with his household,” Schwarzenegger concluded.
Weathers’ “Rocky” co-star Sylvester Stallone, 77, posted an emotional video to Instagram on Friday, talking to the digicam concerning the late actor’s contributions to the basic franchise.
“In the present day is an extremely unhappy day for me. I’m so torn up, I can’t even inform you,” Stallone began.
“It’s a horrible loss … he was magic,” he continued. “I by no means might have achieved what we did with ‘Rocky’ with out him.”
Weathers died “peacefully in his sleep,” in accordance with an announcement launched by his household.
Extra stars took to social media to honor Weathers, who received his begin in soccer as a linebacker for the Oakland Raiders earlier than occurring to behave in films and TV collection — most famously as Apollo Creed within the first 4 “Rocky” movies.
His “Mandalorian” co-star Pedro Pascal solely posted a photograph of Weathers to Instagram with the quick caption “phrases fail” and a broken-heart emoji.
Comic Dane Prepare dinner additionally wrote an appreciation on X, alongside a video clip of the actor as Creed. “RIP to the legend Carl Weathers,” he wrote.
“This second, your supply of it in Rocky impressed me the second I heard it. I dwell my life by it. Your voice and efficiency gave me perception. I really like you for that. Relaxation in peace & energy man.”
Jon Lovitz added to the outpouring of emotional tributes.
“God bless Carl Weathers,” the “Saturday Night time Reside” star said on X. “An exquisite actor and athlete. I received to know him years in the past. He hosted SNL and was so nice to work with. So nice in Rocky. And such a pleasant man. One other good man, gone. That is very unhappy information. God bless him and his household.”
In newer years, Weathers appeared as himself on the Fox comedy collection “Arrested Improvement,” voiced Fight Carl in 2019’s “Toy Story 4” and performed Greef Karga on “The Mandalorian.”