Creed III is an upcoming movie of 2023, where Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors are the main actors of the film. While they were filming the movie, both of them had a fighting scene where Jordan punched Majors a couple of times.
Jonathan Majors says that he took some real punches from Jordan, but still he loved it. Creed III is a sports drama movie, directed by Michael B. Jordan along with Jonathan Majors. Jordan is also the producer of the movie.
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Jonathan Majors Loved Getting Punched by Michael B. Jordan
Creed 3 is a movie that is based on the sports boxing so there were multiple scenes where the actors had to fight in the ring and there were also multiple instances where they got hurt while filming. Jonathan Majors seems to be playing the main antagonist in the movie. In some particular fighting scenes when Michael B. Jordan’s and Jonathan Majors’s characters were duking it out in the ring, Jordan landed some real punches at Jonathan Majors. Though he claims that he also landed some on Jordan, Majors reveals that he loved taking in those punches.
“I took a couple [punches], I think. I loved it. I’m just so humbled by the opportunity to be a part of the Rocky franchise. Sly [Stallone], Michael B. Jordan, it’s like, if I’m gonna be in that lineage, even as a baddie, I wanna go for it. So, yeah, [Michael] might have caught me a few times. I took some body shots, and gave out a few, too.”
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Jonathan Majors seems to be very good at playing bad guys, as within a short period of time Majors seems to have landed a big role in the Marvel Studios and also in the Creed franchise. While this movie may not bring Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky back into the scenario, Creed 3 will have some new faces.
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Jonathan Major is making his debut in the Creed franchise and Michael B. Jordan making his debut in directing. Majors playing the role of Damian Anderson have seen an incredible physical transformation. While speaking with Men’s Health, Majors explained that he is completely immersed in the character he is playing and also shared, “There are certain reasons you build your body, Dame’s body was built from loss”.
Jonathan Majors shared,
“It was like a sick dream. (Laughs.) I’m sure the stories will come out as we go, but there were moments where I was like, ‘Did Mike hit me, or did Adonis hit me? I’m not sure. And did I hit Mike, or did I hit my director?’ That was probably the most fun, a different type of fun. You’re there with your brother. Michael and I were fast friends, and then we became actual brothers.”
Michael B. Jordan in a recent press appearance revealed that Jonathan Major who will be playing Damian has a pivotal role in the movie and is also a pillar in Adonis’s [Jordan’s character] life. While Creed 3 becomes the first movie where Sylvester Stallone isn’t playing a part, their punches were also received hard as one time Stallone was sent to the hospital upon receiving one from Dolph Lundgren. Though it is nothing as major as this situation in Creed 3.
Creed 3 will be premiered on 3 March 2023.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
