Fan Casting Adrian Pennino in Rocky (2006)

for the role of Adrian Pennino Mena Suvari was originally chosen to play the role but a money dispute forced the producers and the studio to look elsewhere Linda Cardellini and Alicia Keys audtioned but Cardellini was deemed too pretty for the character and Alicia Keys was too expensive, after Aleksa Palladino's ensuing audtion Stallone and director Ben Affleck insisted that she play the part.