As we sit in a post-production suite inside of the private Los Angeles residence that’s getting ready to host a brunchtime screening of “Sinners,” the actor’s latest shared triumph with filmmaker Ryan Coogler, I can see the hours of series watched run through Jordan’s head, trying to place himself in one of the worlds of the shows that he’s said helped inspire the action scenes of his directorial debut, “Creed III.” “I’m evolving in real time,” he finally says. Though getting the actor to talk about his love of anime has been the recipe for many a viral moment, in this specific case, discussing the shōnen genre does provide a good framework for walking through his career, and how he got to a place where he and Coogler could have an unconventional spring release for a well budgeted Southern Gothic period piece that manages to incorporate vampires with a dissertation on the history of Black music in America, and the film not only earn them the best reviews of their careers, but become the highest-grossing original live-action film since “Inception.” While his still oft-discussed time as Wallace on the first season of “The Wire” on HBO had preceded that job, the momentum off his soap run would lead Jordan toward becoming one of the most prominent young TV actors of the late 2000s, early 2010s, by “going from one show to another, trying to make a splash, make an impact, making this moment, this episode work,” he said.
Author: Marcus Jones
Published at: 2025-12-23 21:45:00
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