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How and when did you first get involved with Chronicle? \n<\/strong> \nI got auditioned for the role after getting a call from my agent. When I picked it up for the first time, it felt just so right. I\u2019m such a super-fan and geek of superheroes and villains and the Marvel comics, stuff like that. I had that in mind from the start \u2013 and then as I kept reading it, it just felt so right. It just felt like a fresh take on an old idea. Like a spandex’n’tight pants, jokey version of the superhero film formula. There are loads of pranks in it \u2013 so they kind of played along the lines of a Jackass kind of thing, without getting out of hand \u2013 it has a reality TV feel to it, too.<\/p>\nHave you always been interested in sci-fi? \n<\/strong> \nYeah, I grew up on cartoons. I\u2019ve always followed anime, sci-fi and fantasy kind of stuff, too. I\u2019m a fan, I\u2019m a fanboy for sure. What actor wouldn\u2019t jump at the opportunity to play a character with superpowers? It was a dream role for sure \u2013 besides me dying in it, of course. It\u2019s an all-round perfect role for me, really.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s less of a serious role than you\u2019re used to, right? Were you keen to explore something different before you were offered the part? \n<\/strong> \nIt was a great opportunity to explore a role outside of comfort zone, and still make it a unique, special project \u2013 the same kind of specialness that The Wire and The Sopranos – the type of shows that attract a lot of acclaim and that people really respond to.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
And obviously you want to keep challenging yourself as an artist. As a young actor, there\u2019s a danger of being typecast, too… \n<\/strong> \nNo, no, I don\u2019t wanna be typecast right now \u2013 that\u2019s always on my mind. You\u2019re right though, you definitely want to keep raising the bar. I see movie making as an education \u2013 learning from one set to the next and walking away from a project a better actor. It has been a beautiful process – a gradual progression. It certainly hasn\u2019t been zero to a hundred.<\/p>\nJourneying back to undoubtedly your most widely recognised role \u2013 did you know at the time that The Wire was going to be as big as it became? \n<\/strong> \nNo, not at all. I mean I was 16 at the time \u2013 it was my second or third major role. The Wire was originally supposed to just be a single series, and turned out to be this huge phenomena. When it aired, we all had absolutely no idea it was going to be as big as it is today.<\/p>\nThe scene where you\u2019re killed in the first series was particularly devastating \u2013 just so terrifying and awful. \n<\/strong> \nYeah, heart-wrenching.<\/p>\n Josh Trank is a very young director, and especially new to film. What was your relationship like with him on set? \n<\/strong> \nOur relationship was great \u2013 Josh is a great guy. He\u2019s so similar to myself. We speak to same language, we come from the same generation. It was fun – I was understanding what he was feeling, and he was understanding what I was feeling for it – it was a really great collaboration. It\u2019s great for an actor to be able to meet a director half way with ideas, and he certainly has that ability.<\/p>\nChronicle is in cinemas now. \nWords: Jack Mills<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Remember starry-eyed miniature drug trafficker Wallace in HBO’s gangster saga The Wire? He grew up. Just after his 25th birthday this month, we spoke to Michael B. Jordan about his newest film, Josh Trank’s superhero romp Chronicle and found he’s as much an outgoing, sprightly young talent as he is a bedroom-bound comic book fanatic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9416],"tags":[1729,1107,1728,1731,1730,1078],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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