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Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

OSCAR NOMINEES: Michael B. Jordan on Action Films, Friendship and Fame (May 2021)

Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist

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Politics, Movies, News, Society & Culture, Technology, Pop Culture, Interview, Music, Broadway, Tv & Film, Tv, Celebrity

4.54K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Michael B. Jordan is an actor, producer, and director who is nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in "Sinners" at this year’s Oscars. In this conversation from May 2021, Jordan sits down with Willie Geist to discuss starring in "Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse," why he prefers doing his own stunts, and stepping into a major action franchise. Plus, he reflects on his friendship with the late Chadwick Boseman and navigating fame.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast. My thanks,

0:06.8

as always, for clicking and listening along. Got a great one for you with, I'm just going to come out

0:11.9

and say it, the coolest guy in Hollywood. I know these things are subjective, but maybe this one

0:16.1

isn't. It's Michael B. Jordan. He's done so much in his young career. He's currently starring in an Amazon Prime

0:23.5

movie called Without Remorse. It comes from the Tom Clancy universe, of course, Jack Ryan, and now John

0:30.2

Kelly, a former Navy SEAL, played by Michael B. Jordan, who's basically trying to stop a

0:36.1

conspiracy to start a war between Russia and the United States.

0:39.9

Incredible movie.

0:41.0

He's also a producer on the film.

0:43.0

His production company is called Outlier Society.

0:46.3

They work to make movie sets more inclusive and more diverse.

0:50.1

So he has a big say in that now with his clout that he has earned in Hollywood by playing parts going all the way back to the wire.

0:56.7

Remember him on the wire?

0:57.8

He was a teenager playing a character named Wallace, moved up to Friday Night Lights on NBC, Fruitvale Station, Creed, of course, Black Panther, where he played Killmonger opposite his good friend, the late Chadwick Bozeman.

1:11.8

The two of them, by the way, go back.

1:15.0

Chadwick and Michael B. Jordan met on all my children. That's right.

1:20.5

Chadwick Bozeman was on all my children in like 2001 and two. He left the show. Michael

1:26.8

B. Jordan came in after him and that's where they

1:28.8

first met and then went on, of course, to star together in the $1.3 billion blockbuster Black Panther.

1:36.3

One note before we get started. We are both from New Jersey. I'm from Bergen County, New Jersey.

1:42.2

Michael is from Essex County, New Jersey. He grew up in Newark,

1:45.6

where he played sports and I played sports. So before we got going, we started talking a little

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