10 Actors Who Are Done Playing These Characters

After beating the count twice when it appeared as though his perennial underdog had finally been knocked down for good, it now seems as though Sylvester Stallone's days of jabbing his way to victory are over.

With the legendary Rocky Balboa actor not set to appear in the upcoming Creed III, the star would claim last year that his decision to "bow out" of that most recent Rocky-verse offering came about due to the Michael B. Jordan-directed flick taking the story "in a different direction."

That, coupled with Stallone's comments in the wake of his last appearance as The Italian Stallion in Creed II, stating that "Though it breaks my heart, Sadly all things must pass... and end", pretty much confirmed that the Rocky series will be moving on without its titular figure in the future.

Stallone would also eventually go on record to note how his lack of appearance in the upcoming Creed outing was "regretful", though, explaining to The Hollywood Reporter how he wasn't keen on the dark place the film took the heroes as he felt that "people have enough darkness."

As always, it ain't over til it's over and all that. But it does increasingly feel as though Creed II was the final round for this boxing screen icon.