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[English]

[birds chirping]

- [Interviewer] Well, this is a gorgeous way

to start a video.

Michael B. Jordan!

- Hey, what's up, man?

- [Interviewer] Popping into your workout

for a 73 question interview.

[Michael groans]

- Let's do this.

- [Interviewer] Let's do this.

Okay, so what are you up to these days?

- Working, working out.

- [Interviewer] Yeah, what's the daily workout regimen?

- Cardio, doing some chest, back, tris, the whole body.

- [Interviewer] All right.

Can you show me the perfect punch?

- All right, let's do this.

Right here, turn it over.

Bring it back, guard the face.

- [Interviewer] All right,

can you show me the perfect sit up?

- Trying to make me work?

- [Interviewer] Making you work.

There we go.

[Michael groans]

- [Interviewer] Including this one right here,

approximately how many times has someone

made a reference to the basketball player, Michael Jordan?

- Is that what you're doing right now?

- [Interviewer] I'm doing that right now.

- Too many to count.

- [Interviewer] So just to clarify,

you're not related to Michael Jordan.

- No, I'm named after my dad, Michael A. Jordan.

- [Interviewer] Oh, so what does the "B" stand for?

- Bakari, it's Swahili, it means noble promise.

- [Interviewer] Is there a Michael C. Jordan in the future?

- Nah, that's not happening.

- [Interviewer] Okay, so what do you have planned for today?

- Going downtown, check out some friends of mine.

- [Interviewer] Okay, who's your best friend?

- Ooh, Sterling Brim, Chad Easterling, Vince, Bryce,

there's so many to name, it's a lot of 'em.

- [Interviewer] Who's your celebrity crush?

- Don't have one.

- [Interviewer] Who's your hero?

- My dad.

- [Interviewer] Who's your all-time

favorite comic book character?

- Black Bolt, Inhumans.

- [Interviewer] How would you describe yourself?

- I think I'm pretty passionate.

- [Interviewer] What's the one thing

you really want to achieve?

- World domination.

I really want to leave my mark on this world.

- [Interviewer] It's Mrs. Jordan.

- Hey, what's up? - Hey, how are you?

- Doing good, how're you doing?

- Good, good, good, good to see you.

- [Interviewer] So what do we have over here?

- Oh, it's my grandmother's famous rum cakes.

They're amazing, you're taking one home, too.

- [Interviewer] Okay.

What's the most outrageous thing you've ever worn, Michael?

- What are you in, what's the most outrageous

thing I've ever worn?

- Oh, I know right away,

it's that orange plaid suit that you wore for someone.

- Yeah, I was trying to take a fashion risk.

- [Interviewer] Can you describe your mother in three words?

- Mom, loving, [whispers] embarrassing sometimes,

[normal voice] and nurturing, very nurturing.

This for dad?

- [Mrs. Jordan] Please, take that to him.

- All right.

- [Interviewer] All right, what's your favorite

TV show of all time?

- Ooh, "Martin", can't stop watching him.

- [Interviewer] Would you do nudity in a scene,

or use a body double?

- [whispering] Hey, my man, right there.

[normal voice] Nudity, of course, full nudity.

No body double.

- [Interviewer] Okay, can you tell me something

about your father before we meet him?

- Don't look him right in the eyes.

- [Interviewer] Noted.

- What's up, Pop?

- Hey, what's up, son?

- Good, good.

- How's it going? - Yes, sir.

- [Interviewer] Mr. Jordan,

if you can ask your son a question, what would you ask?

- Describing me in three words, what would they be?

- Three words, what would it be?

Strong, quiet, thinker.

- [Interviewer] And Michael, I heard

you have a secret handshake?

- [laughing] Yeah.

Yeah, it's universal, it's not so secret.

- [Interviewer] All right.

What's the best trait you got from your parents?

- Oh, man, I think compassion.

Compassion.

- [Interviewer] All right, what's your favorite film?

- "Rounders".

- [Interviewer] What's your favorite film

when you were growing up?

- "Goonies", "Trading Places",

"Coming to America", "Friday".

- [Interviewer] How old were you

when you first started acting?

- About 12.

- [Interviewer] If not acting,

what would you be doing with your life?

- I think cooking, I love food.

- [Interviewer] All right, do you have a hidden talent?

- Ironing? I like to iron, I think that counts.

- [Interviewer] Hmm. Okay, so on this giant map over here,

- [Michael B. Jordan] Yeah.

- [Interviewer] Can you show for me

the coolest place you've ever been?

- Coolest place, Cape Town, South Africa.

- [Interviewer] Okay, and what's the location

that you'd love to go to?

- Oh man, I'm obsessed, Tokyo, Japan.

- [Interviewer] Nice.

- Anime is the best.

- [Interviewer] So in looking back at your life,

when was the most nervous you've ever been?

- Presenting, I think presenting awards,

sometimes teleprompters, it gets weird.

- [Interviewer] Who's your dream co-star?

- Oh man, Leonardo DiCaprio.

- [Interviewer] Who's easier to impersonate,

Sly Stallone as Rocky, or Kyle Chandler as Coach Taylor?

- Sly, Rocky.

- [Interviewer] How many punches did you take

while filming "Creed"?

- Probably more than I should, but a lot, a lot.

- [Interviewer] What was it like training for "Creed"?

- Intense. Hardest thing I ever had to do,

physically, anyway.

- [Interviewer] And what was your first impression

of Mr. Stallone, anyway?

- The guy knows a little bit about everything.

I mean, he could tell you like, who made the camera,

where's this wood imported from, the desk.

He just, the things that you don't think he knows, he knows.

Like he's just a little savant like that.

- [Interviewer] All right, so what do we have

in this room over here?

- [Michael B. Jordan] Oh, this is where

all the creativity happens.

A lot of work, a lot of writing, a lot of thinking.

- [Interviewer] Okay.

- Yeah.

- [Interviewer] Favorite video game of all time?

- "Call of Duty", hands down.

- [Interviewer] How does it feel

playing yourself in "NBA 2K17"?

- Surreal. I love that game.

I played it so much growing up as a kid,

now I'm in it, it's insane.

- [Interviewer] Who's MVP this year?

- Oh, the controversy, that's a loaded question.

Kyrie Irving.

The situation is just set

up for him in Boston that way, I think.

But he's a killer, you already know.

- [Interviewer] Okay. So who's your favorite actress?

- Meryl Streep.

- [Interviewer] And what's your favorite

performance of hers ever?

- "Death Becomes Her", it's a classic.

- [Interviewer] What's your number one dating rule?

- Always pick up the tab, at first anyway.

And then, she never touches a doorknob.

- [Interviewer] What gets you really pumped?

- Music.

- [Interviewer] What ticks you off?

- Being hung up on.

- [Interviewer] What are you most nostalgic for

from the nineties?

- Nineties, nineties, nineties.

Homemade mix tapes.

- [Interviewer] Favorite line

from anything you've worked on?

- Favorite line, "Where's Wallace?"

- [Interviewer] If you could hire anyone

to make a doc about your life, who would it be?

- Ryan Kugler.

- [Interviewer] What would the title be?

- "The Gift That Keeps On Giving".

- [Interviewer] Favorite beverage?

- Apple juice, you want one?

- [Interviewer] Yeah. What's your favorite food?

- Oh man, that's tough.

Here you go.

- [Interviewer] Thanks.

- Mexican, Italian.

- [Interviewer] Okay. Who's someone you really want to meet

but haven't had the chance?

- Malcolm Gladwell.

- [Interviewer] Who's the most stylish person,

living or not living?

- Hmm, Prince, Pharrell.

- [Interviewer] What's a song guaranteed to get you dancing?

- Alicia Myers, "I Want To Thank You".

- [Interviewer] Can you show me that dance move?

There it is, there it is.

- It's the two-step.

- [Interviewer] All right, who's your favorite singer?

- Marvin Gaye.

- [Interviewer] Favorite novelist?

- James Baldwin.

- [Interviewer] Favorite artist?

- Hebru Brantley, Basquiat.

- [Interviewer] What's the craziest rumor

you've ever heard about yourself?

- That I don't date Black women.

- [Interviewer] If you could have a superpower,

what would it be?

- Control time, because then technically you can teleport.

- [Interviewer] Who do you want to play in a movie?

- Action hero-slash-quantum physicist.

- [Interviewer] Who would you want to play you in a movie?

- Me.

- [Interviewer] Okay, and let's say a book

was written about you.

Who would you want to write your biography?

- Me.

- [Interviewer] I know you gotta get outta here,

but what can fans expect from "Black Panther"?

- Oh man, I think it's,

I think it's going to be incredibly original,

exciting, action packed.

I really think it's a movie you haven't seen

from Marvel just yet.

- [Interviewer] Can you give a reaction to the following?

- Shoot.

- [Interviewer] Okay, "The Wire".

- Baltimore, crab cakes.

- [Interviewer] Philadelphia.

- Cheese steaks.

- [Interviewer] Fidget spinners.

- Video games.

- [Interviewer] Your sister. - Mom number two.

- [Interviewer] Your brother. - Extremely loyal.

- [Interviewer] New Jersey. - Newark.

- [Interviewer] Your fellow 73 question alum, Zac Efron?

- Heartthrob?

- [Interviewer] Yes. He'll be flattered to hear that.

What's the most important thing that's missing

in the world right now?

- I think the world is missing a carbon tax.

- [Interviewer] Michael, it's your parents.

- [Mrs. Jordan] Michael.

- [Interviewer] Look who's back.

- You're leaving, here.

- Hey, thank you.

- It's your lunch. - Thank you so much.

- Okay.

- All right, man, see you later, Pop.

- All right, take care.

- The perks of parents.

- [Interviewer] What's a cause or topic

that you want to share right now?

- Police brutality in America.

- [Interviewer] What charitable organizations

are close to your heart?

- Lupus LA.

- [Interviewer] What's something you learned recently

that blew your mind?

- You can't lick your elbows, impossible.

- [Interviewer] That's not true, that's not true!

- Just go ahead and try it, man.

- [Interviewer] No, I'm not going to try right now,

because the last question's right here,

can I have the honor

of saying that I have a secret handshake with you?

- Yeah. All right, cool.

You coming in?

- [Interviewer] Yep, yep, sure.

Cool. Thanks.

- All right, just work on that.

- [Interviewer] That concludes our interview.

- Cool. All right, man.

- [Interviewer] Really appreciate your time, Michael.

- Thanks for coming through.

- [Interviewer] All right, take care.

- [Michael B. Jordan] All right.

- [Interviewer] Thanks.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
gorgeous /ˈɡɔːrdʒəs/ B2	adjective - beautiful and attractive
workout /ˈwɜːrkˌaʊt/ A2	noun - physical exercise intended to improve strength or endurance verb - to exercise
regimen /ˈriːdʒɪmən/ B2	noun - a system of rules or a fixed plan
cardio /ˈkɑːrdi.oʊ/ B1	noun - exercise that improves heart health
chest /tʃest/ A2	noun - the front part of the body between the neck and the abdomen
back /bæk/ A1	noun - the rear surface of the human body
tris /trɪs/ B2	noun - short for triceps, the muscle on the back of the upper arm
guard /ɡɑːrd/ A2	verb - to protect noun - a defensive position
reference /ˈrefərəns/ B1	noun - the act of mentioning something
clarify /ˈklærɪfaɪ/ B2	verb - to make something clear
noble /ˈnoʊbl/ B2	adjective - having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ A2	noun - a declaration assuring that one will do something verb - to assure someone that one will definitely do something
compassion /kəmˈpæʃən/ C1	noun - sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others
domination /ˌdɒmɪˈneɪʃən/ C1	noun - control or power over others
rum /rʌm/ A2	noun - an alcoholic drink made from sugarcane
outrageous /aʊˈtreɪdʒəs/ B2	adjective - shockingly bad or excessive
nurturing /ˈnɜːrtʃərɪŋ/ B2	adjective - helping or encouraging someone or something to develop
savant /səˈvɑːnt/ C1	noun - a learned person