Michael B. Jordan: Exceeding His Dreams
Award-winning actor and producer Michael B. Jordan discusses his skyrocketing career and why he says his life has already "exceeded his dreams.\u201d Michael\u2019s breakout performance came in 2013\u2019s \u201cFruitvale Station,\u201d directed by visionary Ryan Coogler. The duo teamed up again for the \u201cRocky\u201d sequel, \u201cCreed,\u201d and then for the mega-blockbuster \u201cBlack Panther,\u201d now nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Michael says after playing superhero villain Erik Killmonger in \u201cBlack Panther,\u201d he went to therapy. \u201cAs a man, I think we get a lot of slack for \u2026 what it is to be masculine,\u201d he says. \u201cI don\u2019t really subscribe to that because I feel like everybody needs to unpack and talk, whether it\u2019s [with] a therapist or a close friend or family member.\u201d Michael is forging his own path by starting a production company called \u201cOutlier Society Productions,\u201d which guarantees inclusion in all of its casts and crews.