MUSICAL GUEST MILEY CYRUS.
>>> WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER, MICHAEL B. JORDAN DIDN'T ALWAYS LIKE HIS
NAME, BECAUSE IT MADE PEOPLE THINK OF SOMEONE ELSE, A
BASKETBALL PLAYER YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF.
OVER TWO DECADES OF WORK, THE NEW JERSEY NATIVE, WHOSE FRIENDS
CALL HIM MIKE HAS MADE HIS OWN NAME ON THE ACCLAIMED TELEVISION
SERIES "THE WIRE" AND "FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS" AND IN MOVIES LIKE
THE BLOCKBUSTER "BLACK PANTHER." NOW HE LIVING OUT HIS BOYHOOD
FANTASY OF BEING AN ACTION HERO. MICHAEL AND I GOT TOGETHER THE
OTHER DAY FOR A VIRTUAL SUNDAY SITDOWN.
MICHAEL B. JORDAN KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE HIMSELF IN A FIGHT.
AS A MARVEL SUPER VILLAIN IN "BLACK PANTHER."
OR A HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION IN "CREED."
HIS LATEST ROLE AND WITHOUT REMORSE THRUST THE 34-YEAR-OLD
ACTOR IN THE TOM CLANCY UNIVERSE AND ONCE AGAIN THE CENTER OF THE
ACTION. IT COMES OUT AND GRABS YOU FROM
THE WORD GO AND DOESN'T LET GO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
>> I LOVE MY JOB, MAN. AS A KID IN THE LIVING ROOM, YOU
TAKE THE COUCH CUSHIONS AND YOU JUMP OFF OF THEM, THESE ARE THE
MOVIES I WATCHED GROWING UP. GETTING TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN
DO MY OWN STUNTS, IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE.
>> WHEN YOU SAY YOU DO YOUR OWN STUNTS, WHEN I WATCH YOU WALK UP
TO A BURNING CAR, THAT'S YOU? THAT'S MICHAEL B. JORDAN?
>> THAT'S ME, MAN. I'M A LITTLE BIT OF AN
ADRENALINE JUNKY. >> YOU REMEMBER ME?
>> THE BURNING CAR, IT'S NOT TOO MUCH YOU CAN DO TO TRAIN FOR
THAT. YOU MIGHT WALK AWAY WITH A FEW
LESS EYEBROWS AND EYELASHES. IT GETS PRETTY HOT GETTING OUT
OF THE CAR. >> JORDAN PLAYS A FORMER NAVY
SEAL WHO IS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY
TO START A WAR. >> I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN OF
THE TOM CLANCY UNIVERSE. GROWING UP PLAYING VIDEO GAMES.
WHEN I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GIVE JOHN KELLY A FRESH
TAKE AND MODERNIZE THE STORY, IT IS MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE WORLD
I LIVE IN TODAY, I JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY.
HE GOES THROUGH A PERSONAL TRAGEDY.
WHEN HE GETS WRONGED, HE WANTS ANSWERS.
THIS MOVIE TAKES PLACE OF JOHN LOOKING FOR THE ANSWERS, NO
MATTER WHERE THEY ARE. >> JORDAN ALSO ACTS AS THE
FILM'S PRODUCER, WITH HIS PRODUCTION COMPANY WHICH WORKS
TO BRING MORE DIVERSITY TO MOVIE SETS.
>> TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PRODUCTION COMPANY WHO CAN SHINE
A LIGHT ON STORIES THAT MAYBE NORMALLY WOULDN'T GET TOLD,
FILMS AND FILMMAKERS AND BUILDING AROUND TALENT THAT
MAYBE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN A SHOT OR OPPORTUNITY.
>> LONG BEFORE MAKING HIS MARK IN HOLLYWOOD, JORDAN GREW UP IN
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. HE WAS FOCUSED ON SPORTS.
UNTIL A CHANCE ENCOUNTER AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.
HOW DID THAT YOUNG KID, THAT 11-YEAR-OLD, HOP INTO MODELLING?
>> MY MOM REALLY GOT ME INTO IT. SHE HAD A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT.
THE RECEPTIONIST HAD TWO BOYS WHO WERE IN THE INDUSTRY.
IT WAS LIKE, YOU SHOULD BRING YOUR SON AND CRASH THIS
AUDITION. I CRASHED THE AUDITION AND ENDED
UP BOOKING IT. GOT IN TROUBLE BECAUSE I DIDN'T
HAVE REPRESENTATION. THE REST WAS HISTORY.
RANDOMLY LOOKED UP A MANAGER THAT TOOK OUT AN AD.
SHE SIGNED ME THAT DAY. >> HE BOOKED SMALL PARTS BEFORE
BREAKING OUT IN THE MEMORABLE ROLE OF WALLACE ON HBO'S SERIES
"THE WIRE." DID THAT GIVE YOU THE TASTE OF,
I THINK I CAN DO THIS FOR A LIVING?
>> YEAH. THAT WAS WHEN I FELL IN LOVE
WITH ACTING. THAT WAS WHEN I FIRST STARTED TO
REALLY LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY THAN JUST, OH, I'M GETTING OUT
OF SCHOOL. I LOOKED AS IT MORE OF A
BUSINESS. FROM THEN, FALLING IN LOVE WITH
ACTING. >> THE FOLLOWING YEAR, JORDAN
JOINED THE DAYTIME SOAP OPERA "ALL MY CHILDREN" REPLACING
ANOTHER UP AND COMING ACTOR NAMED CHADWICK BOSEMAN.
>> WE WOULD DO SO MANY EPISODES A WEEK.
YOU HAD TO BE PREPARED. >> SEIZE THE DAY.
>> IN HINDSIGHT, WITH CHADWICK, WHEN WE FIRST MET, YEAH, WOW,
IT'S WILD. >> WHAT DID HE MEAN TO YOU AS A
FRIEND? >> HE IS A SPECIAL PERSON.
IT'S A TRAGIC LOSS FOR ALL OF US.
FOR ME, OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH IT.
I THINK WE'RE STILL PROCESSING HIS LEGACY THAT HE LEFT BEHIND,
THE IMPACT THAT HE HAS MADE ON SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD,
HIS FAMILY. HE LIVES FOREVER.
>> A DECADE AND A HALF AFTER THEIR FIRST MEETING, JORDAN WAS
CAST ACROSS FROM HIS OLD FRIEND AS THE VILLAIN FIGHTING THE
BLACK PANTHER IN THE MOVIE THAT BECAME A PHENOMENON AROUND THE
WORLD. COULD YOU BELIEVE IN THAT
MOMENT, NOT JUST HOW BIG IT WAS AT THE BOX OFFICE, BUT WHAT A
CULTURAL FORCE IT HAD BECOME? >> TO SEE THE LOOKS ON THEIR
FACES OF ADMIRATION AND KNOW THE IMPACT WE ARE MAKING WAS REALLY
SPECIAL. TIME OF MY LIFE I WILL NEVER
FORGET. >> AS JORDAN HAS GROWN INTO THE
ROLE OF A HOLLYWOOD A LISTER, HE'S BECOME MORE COMFORTABLE
WITH LIFE IN THE SPOTLIGHT. EVEN GOING PUBLIC RECENTLY ABOUT
HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH MODEL AND ACTRESS LORI HARVEY.
IS IT EASIER TO LET THE WALL DOWN A LITTLE BIT?
>> UNDERSTANDING THE INDUSTRY AND IT'S NOT ALL GLITTER AND
GOLD. STILL VERY PRIVATE, STILL KEEP A
LOT OF STUFF TO MYSELF. THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS OF MY LIFE
I CHOSE TO PUT OUT THERE. MORE OF A WAY TO BE LIKE, IT'S
THERE. WE HAVE TO MOVE ON.
JUST CONTINUE TO -- WE CAN MOVE ON.
>> JORDAN'S FRIENDS MAY NEVER LET HIM MOVE ON THOUGH FROM ONE
PRESTIGIOUS AND SEXY TITLE HE CURRENTLY HOLDS.
HOW DO YOU REACT WHEN SOMETHING LIKE "PEOPLE'S" SEXIEST MAN
ALIVE -- >> SMILE AND ENJOY IT.
TRUST ME, I GOT ENOUGH PEOPLE AROUND ME WHO GIVE ME ENOUGH
[ BLEEP ]. THEY KEEP ME PRETTY GROUNDED AND
HUMBLE. IT'S ALL FUN.
IT'S A BIG TARGET. IMAGINE ALL THE GROUP CHATS, ALL
YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS. EVERYTHING YOU DO IS THE SEXIEST
MAN ALIVE. MOM AND AUNTS AND WOMEN IN THE
FAMILY, IT'S GOLD. EVERYBODY ELSE, SORRY.
>> HEAVY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE CROWN.
MICHAEL'S MOVIE "WITHOUT REMORSE" IS STREAMING NOW ON
AMAZON PRIME VIDEO. HE WILL MAKE HIS DIRECTING DEBUT
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