ForBrigitte Nielsenstepping onto the set ofCreed IIfor the first day of filming was “incredibly emotional.”
“My heart was beating very fast,” the Danish actress, 55, tells PEOPLE.
To return to the role of villainous Ludmilla Drago, 33 years after first playing her in 1985’sRocky IV,Nielsen reunited with ex-husband Sylvester Stallone. The pairfamously wedin 1985 but divorced two years later amid plenty of tabloid headlines.
“In 1985 I was married to Sylvester and this time I am the ex-wife,” says Nielsen. “But it was wonderful to have half of the cast there 32 years later. Who could have ever dreamed that you pick up the same roles many years after?”
She adds there was no drama between her and Stallone, calling the opportunity to work with him again “amazing.”
“We are two professionals and we kept it that way,” she says. “He stayed in the American corner and I stayed in the Russian corner. We were on opposite sides but it was pleasant.”
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Nielsen had yet another reason for being emotional while filmingCreed II. She wasseven-months pregnantat the time and kept it a secret from the cast and crew.
“I was so nervous and I was trying to hide it in my ivory suit, which we did,” she says. “It was a very first big day.”
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The actress is currently spending the holidays in Europe with her husband and daughter and says this past year has given her many reasons to be grateful.
“2018 has given me the best of everything — a beautiful daughter, we are healthy, we are happy and my career is moving forward. One cannot ask for anything more,” she says. “We have been shedding a lot of happy tears.”
source: people.com
