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The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Creed III with Michael B. Jordan and Tim Miller (Ep. 405)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6848 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Director Michael B. Jordan discusses his new film, Creed III, with fellow director Tim Miller in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, Jordan discusses the challenge of directing himself, how the fight scenes were another language within the film, and how anime allowed the themes of the story to resonate. The film follows boxing champion Adonis Creed as he is forced to put his future on the line when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces after serving time in prison, eager to settle an old score and prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. Please note: spoilers are included. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2023/April2023/Creed003_QnA_0323.aspx

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0:00.0

I couldn't help but like imagine how personal the fight was where it didn't matter about anybody else and it was really about these two guys like having to communicate with one another.

0:09.6

We end up having like a quadrilingual film, you know, English, Spanish, ASL and boxing.

0:15.2

Yeah. Hello and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

0:39.6

In this episode, a boxer must face a challenge from his past in director Michael B. Jordan's drama, Creed 3.

0:47.6

Jordan both stars in and directs the third film in the series, which finds boxing champion Adonis Creed forced to put his future

0:55.4

on the line against Damien, a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy.

1:01.6

Damien resurfaces after serving time in prison, eager to settle an old score and prove that

1:07.4

he deserves his shot in the ring.

1:10.7

Creed 3 is Jordan's directorial debut.

1:14.7

Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,

1:19.1

Jordan spoke with director Tim Miller about filming Creed 3.

1:23.9

Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.

1:36.5

Mike wanted to do something different, so he thought, instead of talking about the movie,

1:41.7

he was going to talk about his love of Italian cooking with locally sourced ingredients.

1:42.3

I do a lot.

1:43.0

I do a lot of that.

1:43.7

Pesto. You did promise to cook for me. I did a lot of that. Pesto.

1:45.5

You did promise to cook for me.

1:45.9

I did. I never.

1:46.5

And you never.

1:47.3

That's why.

1:48.5

I was a little busy just a little bit.

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