

Even when the Russian delegates invited Drago and Viktor over to dinner following Viktor's first fight against Adonis, Ludmilla arrives as well, though Viktor is very bitter towards her for abandoning him as a child. Upon hearing that Viktor will go on to challenge Creed's son Adonis (who is Rocky's protege), Ludmilla hopes that the event will bring back honor and glory in the Drago name. Her action even caused Viktor to despise her for leaving him and his father to fend for themselves. Ludmilla returned in Creed II, where it is revealed that she had given birth to Drago's son Viktor in 1990, and that she divorced Drago afterwards before marrying a rich man, leaving Drago to raise Viktor as a fierce boxer in poverty. ~ Viktor showing his disgust towards his neglectful mother for abandoning him and his father.

I don't even know that woman! She is a stranger.

This left Ludmilla very furious and embarrassed over her husband's defeat. At the final round of the match, Rocky was able to avenge Creed's death by defeating Drago with a knockout punch, thus winning the challenge. This left Ludmilla very dismayed as she roots for her husband to finish off Rocky, even after Drago renounces his loyalty to the Soviets. As such, Ludmilla helps Drago in training out for the match, even watching as the trainers inject a few steroids on him.ĭuring the match, Drago seemed to gain the upper hand (much to Ludmilla's delight), but Rocky finally turns the table, earning the respect of the Soviet audience. Eventually, a furious Rocky decides to take action by challenging Drago to fight in Russia on Christmas, to which the Soviets accepted. With the American public outraged at Creed's death, Ludmilla grew worried over Drago's life since he's being jeered for causing it, even accusing the public to make the world believe that the Soviets are cruel in nature. Ludmilla grins at this as she watches Creed falls to his death, much to the horror of Rocky and the American public, even Drago himself shows no remorse on this by saying "If he dies. However, Drago's strength proved to be too much for Creed, allowing Drago to finally punch down Creed in one fatal punch. During an exhibition match between Creed and Apollo at Las Vegas, Ludmilla watches as Drago and Creed boxed against each other. However, former champion Apollo Creed decides to come out from retirement to fill in for Rocky as he wants to refute Drago's intentions to the world. To that end, Ludmilla speaks on behalf of Drago during interviews, even scoffing off at the idea that Drago would be using steroids to rev up his strength. Ludmilla first appeared arriving to America with her husband and his manager Nicolai Koloff, along with trainers Manuel Vega and Sergei Rimsky, as Drago intends to fight Rocky Balboa in an exhibition match to prove that Soviet boxers are superior in combat than than of Americans. She was portrayed by Brigitte Nielsen who also portrayed Karla Fry in Beverly Hills Cop II and The Amazon Queen in Ronal the Barbarian. Compared to Ivan Drago, she is more despicable as she abandoned Ivan after he lost to Rocky Balboa and later appeared to have gone unchanged when interacting with their son Viktor Drago years later. She is a Soviet gold-medal swimmer who is the ex-wife and spokeswoman to Soviet captain Ivan Drago. Ludmilla "Vobet" Drago (Russian: Людмила "Вобет" Драго) is a recurring antagonist in the Rocky series, serving as a major antagonist in the 1985 film Rocky IV and the 2018 film Creed II. ~ Ludmilla "Vobet" Drago berating the press after they jeered her husband Ivan Drago for killing Apollo Creed in the boxing ring.
#ROCKY BALBOA SPEECH GIF PROFESSIONAL#
He's a professional fighter, not a killer! You have this belief that you are better than us! You have this belief that this country is so very good and we are so very bad! You have this belief that you are so fair and we are so very cruel!

We are not in politics! All I want is for my husband to be safe and to be treated fairly.
