Carl Weathers passes away at 76

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I know we’ve got some fans in here, so surf related or not, you all should know…

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/02/entertainment/carl-weathers-prolificactor-famous-for-rocky-and-the-mandalorian-dead-at-76/index.html

Pretty cool quote here from Weathers about working on the movie Predator. Ive also seen interviews where he was asked what some of his best memories with Arnold were and he said simply being in the gym with him and training.

“You know, there's a great line: what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happened during Predator stays in Predator. But, yes, all is true. There were nightclubs. We were a bunch of young guys. We were all in our own way trying to one up each other. Of course, with training, Arnold had an entire gym there, so we were going to the gym working out to get all puffed up before scenes. Nobody wanted to look any weaker than the other guy. So, you know, it was competition constantly, competition in front of the camera, competition behind the camera, competition at night.
“Young guys around other young guys in a movie that’s about physicality with lots of time on our hands in a beautiful location like Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. What do you expect, really? You expect a lot of fun, a lot of grab-assing, a lot of kidding each other, a lot of setting each other up for jokes, trying to pull pranks on each other. It all existed. But i think it also added something to the movie, this camaraderie, this sense of fun.”