Michael B Jordan gets directing tips from Cooper, Washington
MICHAEL B Jordan got directing tips from Bradley Cooper and Denzel Washington.
The 35-year-old actor makes his directorial debut in the latest ‘Rocky’ spin-off film, and he admits he was anxious about the job at hand but soon got into his own ‘groove’ and came to enjoy the experience.
Speaking to Empire magazine, he said: “I was pretty anxious going into it, wondering what that would be like. Who’s calling action and cut? Is that me?”
“Talking to Denzel Washington and Bradley Cooper and others who have directed themselves, they told me you have to find your groove and your pace with your first AD and actors.
“But it’s also like having a superpower: Within your performance, you can also direct. It saves some time in some areas, because you get a chance to self-correct in the moment. So that’s a liberating experience to have. It became fun after a while.”
Michael recently revealed he wanted to highlight Mexican boxing in ‘Creed III’.
Michael – who plays the lead role of Adonis ‘Donnie’ Creed – said: “We just looked back, you know, it’s the history of boxing, and the Mexican culture is such a pillar within the sport of boxing and it felt like there wasn’t a really a lot of representation throughout the films in that type of way.”