In Creed III, Bianca and Michael B. Jordan's character Adonis 'Donnie' Creed are now parents to a deaf daughter named Amara, played by young deaf actress Mila Davis-Kent, meaning they both had to learn more ASL.
“Creed 3” has been making waves in the box offices, already grossing over $180 million worldwide in its first two weeks. The film is also making waves among the disability community as 10-year-old actress Mila Davis Kent is the first Black deaf actress to play a role in a major film.
In both universes, Connie is part of a small group of roaming survivors who are led by Magna. She is the first deaf character in the Walking Dead universe, and the actress who plays her on the television series, Lauren Ridloff, is also deaf.
In Creed, the audience sees Bianca as a strong woman who just happens to wear hearing aids, and is planning on learning sign language in case she becomes profoundly deaf. Adonis becomes smitten with her, and they fall in love. Her disability has nothing to do with their relationship. Creed 2 does the opposite.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Amara inherited her mother's progressive hearing disorder and was born deaf. This diagnoses broke her parents' hearts, as Bianca lamented Amara would never appreciate her mother's love of music, and Adonis thought life was hard enough as it is.
The highly anticipated film, Creed III, has a new addition to its cast– Mila Davis-Kent. Davis-Kent, a deaf actress, represents the deaf community in her role as Amara Creed, the daughter of Adonis Creed in the film.
In Creed III, Bianca and Michael B. Jordan's character Adonis 'Donnie' Creed are now parents to a deaf daughter named Amara, played by young deaf actress Mila Davis-Kent, meaning they both had to learn more ASL.
would not have felt comfortable if her Creed character became completely deaf. In the boxing franchise, the actress plays Bianca, a singer/music producer who suffers from progressive hearing loss and uses hearing aids, with Thompson learning American Sign Language (ASL) for the role.
Born in Creed II, Amara is the daughter of Adonis Creed and Bianca Taylor. Bianca's hearing loss has been present since the original Creed, but when Amara was born, the couple found out that their daughter would be fully deaf.
Since she was deaf, Daryl had to find unique ways to communicate with her, via what little sign language he knew, plus hand motions, expressions, and of course, kiddish love notes. It's clear they both had a thing for one another and that bond remained strong.
The depth of Daryl's feelings for Connie was evident in the Season 10 mid-season premiere, "Squeeze," where Carol's reckless pursuit of Alpha led to Magna and Connie getting trapped in a cave. A desperate Daryl, unable to rescue them, blamed Carol.
Theory has now revealed why they gender-swapped the character for the TV show, admitting that while she auditioned for the part of Connie originally, the bosses were so impressed that they changed Kelly's gender to give her a role.
In the present day, three years after beating "Pretty" Ricky Conlan to avenge his only career defeat, Donnie has retired from boxing to focus on his wife Bianca and their 6-year-old daughter Amara, whose hearing impairment has since led the family to become fluent in American Sign Language.
Thompson is a singer-songwriter who previously collaborated with the Los Angeles–based indie electro soul group, Caught a Ghost. She also made significant contributions to the soundtracks of Creed and Creed II by co-writing and performing multiple songs with producer Moses Sumney.
Despite being the face of the Rocky franchise, Stallone chose not to appear in Creed III due to creative differences with producer Irwin Winkler as well as with Jordan, although he is still a producer on the film. According to Stallone, the film had a much darker tone that he didn't agree with.
After three films in which he functions as little more than a means to illustrate Rocky's greatness, Apollo is offered the highest of honors: He dies to provide the franchise's white protagonist with motivation and character development.
Robert "Rocky" Balboa (born June 6, 1945) (also known by his ring name the Italian Stallion) is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the Rocky film series. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who has also portrayed him in eight of the nine films in the franchise.
Mila Davis-Kent (10), who is the first young Black Deaf girl actress to be featured in a major film, plays the character of Amara. In the movie, Amara is the Deaf daughter of Adonis and Bianca Creed, two of the main characters played by Michael B. Jordan and Tessa Thompson.
It is evident that Bianca's hearing loss may have progressed since the original movie ended: She is visibly wearing her hearing aid more frequently and sporadically communicates with Adonis — whom she calls “D” — in simple sign language.
Expect violent fight scenes both in and out of the boxing ring as well as strong language (mostly "s--t"), drinking, and a bit of kissing and flirting between a married couple.
It's been a big week for Mila Davis-Kent, the 10-year-old actor who stars opposite Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson and Jonathan Majors in “Creed III.”
There are a few things you can do to try to understand the sign language in Creed 3. One option is to watch the movie with a friend or family member who is fluent in ASL. They can help you to translate the sign language into spoken English.
