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With the theatrical release of the Atlanta-filmed Creed III this Friday, actor Jonathan Majors’ career lands a one-two punch. At last week’s press screening for the latest film in the hit boxing film franchise, members of the media filed past a display for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the actor’s other major motion picture currently in theaters. As the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s latest villain, Kang the Conqueror, Majors’ head is literally the size of the poster (and given the new film’s post-credit scenes, Majors could play an integral role in the MCU for the foreseeable future).
In Creed III, directed by series star Michael B. Jordan, Majors brings a nuanced, three-dimensional portrayal to Damian Anderson, a manipulative childhood friend of Jordan’s Adonis Creed, who ended up in prison for 18 years, sidelining his own dreams of boxing fame.
When asked about the two major roles hitting screens simultaneously while in town last week doing press for Creed III at the St. Regis hotel, Majors told Atlanta magazine, “The scheduling is just a magic trick. I never really planned this. You plan on the mission. I planned on acting for a living and I worked hard to do that. I would say it’s luck, but I’ve worked very hard. I can’t let anybody take that from me. The rest of it is just immaculate, divine.”
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For his directorial debut, it would have been easy for Jordan to give audiences another run-of-the-mill entry in the hit 47-year-old Rocky film franchise. But between rounds in the ring—with help from screenwriters Keenan Coogler and Zach Baylin and story from Ryan Coogler—Jordan…
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