re: Honestly, WTF was Paulie thinking?

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I didn't realize Tommy Gunn was dead. That's sad.

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Original ending[edit]
In the original script, Rocky is killed during the final fight with Tommy, dying in Adrian's arms in the street.[4] Through most of the filming and production, this was to be the outcome; it wasn't until the film was nearing completion that Stallone decided against Rocky's death and went with the current ending. According to him, the director and the studio had second thoughts. Eventually, Stallone rewrote the ending, saying that he decided to change it because Rocky was supposed to be about perseverance and redemption, and having him die in a street brawl would be against the roots of the series.

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