Michael B. Jordan is a ‘triple threat’ in Creed III
In Warner Bros. Pictures’ Creed III, title character Adonis Creed is played for the third time by actor Michael B. Jordan, who has also stepped behind the camera to direct and produce the boxing film.
“The challenge of directing helped motivate me — I wanted to see if I had what it takes to act in and direct something that had been kicking around in my head for a long time,” he said in an interview. “Creed III is very personal to me and, thankfully, all those things added up to the perfect situation for this movie.”
In the film, after dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed (Jordan) has been thriving in both his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian (Jonathan Majors), resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The faceoff between former friends is more than just a fight.
Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian — a fighter who has nothing to lose.
According to Jordan, the film is an origin story, a sequel and a trilogy rolled into one.
“We’ve seen Adonis at a young age in the earlier films, but we never had the chance to really see how he was in and out of juvie, what really shaped him to be the Adonis Creed that we know, before he was adopted and brought into a life of wealth, opportunity and legacy. I felt it would result in a kind of identity crisis for him,” he said.
If Jordan feels a kinship with the character of Adonis, it’s because before he ascended to global superstar status via Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther, it was the director’s 2015 Creed that introduced Jordan to the power of being part of a cinematic legacy.
“I grew up along with Adonis Creed,” said Jordan. “I created him with Ryan and got a chance to play him at pivotal times during my own personal life. So now, in the third film in the series, to be able to tell the story of where I am now, and where Adonis is on his journey, feels extremely personal.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures Presents A ChartoffWinkler Production, Creed III is distributed internationally by Warner Bros. Pictures including the Philippines. The film’s
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