- [Interviewer] Well,
this is a gorgeous way
00:03
- Hey, what's up, man?
00:07
- [Interviewer] Popping into your workout
00:08
for a 73 question interview.
00:09
- [Interviewer] Let's do this.
00:13
Okay, so what are you up to these days?
00:14
- Working, working out.
00:16
- [Interviewer] Yeah, what's
the daily workout regimen?
00:17
- Cardio, doing some chest,
back, tris, the whole body.
00:19
- [Interviewer] All right.
00:23
Can you show me the perfect punch?
00:24
- All right, let's do this.
00:25
Right here, turn it over.
00:26
Bring it back, guard the face.
00:27
- [Interviewer] All right,
00:29
can you show me the perfect sit up?
00:30
- Trying to make me work?
00:31
- [Interviewer] Making you work.
00:31
- [Interviewer] Including
this one right here,
00:35
approximately how many times has someone
00:36
made a reference to the
basketball player, Michael Jordan?
00:38
- Is that what you're doing right now?
00:40
- [Interviewer] I'm doing that right now.
00:41
- Too many to count.
00:43
- [Interviewer] So just to clarify,
00:44
you're not related to Michael Jordan.
00:44
- No, I'm named after my
dad, Michael A. Jordan.
00:46
- [Interviewer] Oh, so what
does the "B" stand for?
00:49
- Bakari, it's Swahili,
it means noble promise.
00:51
- [Interviewer] Is there a
Michael C. Jordan in the future?
00:53
- Nah, that's not happening.
00:55
- [Interviewer] Okay, so what
do you have planned for today?
00:57
- Going downtown, check
out some friends of mine.
00:59
- [Interviewer] Okay,
who's your best friend?
01:02
- Ooh, Sterling Brim, Chad
Easterling, Vince, Bryce,
01:04
there's so many to
name, it's a lot of 'em.
01:10
- [Interviewer] Who's
your celebrity crush?
01:11
- [Interviewer] Who's your hero?
01:14
- [Interviewer] Who's your all-time
01:16
favorite comic book character?
01:17
- Black Bolt, Inhumans.
01:20
- [Interviewer] How would
you describe yourself?
01:22
- I think I'm pretty passionate.
01:24
- [Interviewer] What's the one thing
01:25
you really want to achieve?
01:25
- World domination.
01:27
I really want to leave
my mark on this world.
01:27
- [Interviewer] It's Mrs. Jordan.
01:29
- Hey, what's up?
- Hey, how are you?
01:30
- Doing good, how're you doing?
01:33
- Good, good, good, good to see you.
01:34
- [Interviewer] So what
do we have over here?
01:35
- Oh, it's my grandmother's
famous rum cakes.
01:36
They're amazing, you're
taking one home, too.
01:39
- [Interviewer] Okay.
01:41
What's the most outrageous
thing you've ever worn, Michael?
01:42
- What are you in, what's
the most outrageous
01:44
thing I've ever worn?
01:45
- Oh, I know right away,
01:47
it's that orange plaid suit
that you wore for someone.
01:49
- Yeah, I was trying
to take a fashion risk.
01:52
- [Interviewer] Can you describe
your mother in three words?
01:56
- Mom, loving, [whispers]
embarrassing sometimes,
01:59
[normal voice] and
nurturing, very nurturing.
02:02
- [Mrs. Jordan] Please, take that to him.
02:05
- [Interviewer] All right,
what's your favorite
02:07
TV show of all time?
02:08
- Ooh, "Martin", can't stop watching him.
02:09
- [Interviewer] Would
you do nudity in a scene,
02:10
or use a body double?
02:11
- [whispering] Hey, my man, right there.
02:12
[normal voice] Nudity,
of course, full nudity.
02:15
- [Interviewer] Okay,
can you tell me something
02:18
about your father before we meet him?
02:19
- Don't look him right in the eyes.
02:21
- [Interviewer] Noted.
02:23
- Hey, what's up, son?
02:25
- How's it going?
- Yes, sir.
02:27
- [Interviewer] Mr. Jordan,
02:28
if you can ask your son a
question, what would you ask?
02:29
- Describing me in three
words, what would they be?
02:31
- Three words, what would it be?
02:34
Strong, quiet, thinker.
02:37
- [Interviewer] And Michael, I heard
02:40
you have a secret handshake?
02:41
Yeah, it's universal, it's not so secret.
02:44
- [Interviewer] All right.
02:46
What's the best trait you
got from your parents?
02:47
- Oh, man, I think compassion.
02:49
- [Interviewer] All right,
what's your favorite film?
02:53
- [Interviewer] What's your favorite film
02:56
when you were growing up?
02:57
- "Goonies", "Trading Places",
02:58
"Coming to America", "Friday".
03:00
- [Interviewer] How old were you
03:02
when you first started acting?
03:03
- [Interviewer] If not acting,
03:05
what would you be doing with your life?
03:06
- I think cooking, I love food.
03:07
- [Interviewer] All right,
do you have a hidden talent?
03:09
- Ironing? I like to
iron, I think that counts.
03:10
- [Interviewer] Hmm. Okay, so
on this giant map over here,
03:12
- [Michael B. Jordan] Yeah.
03:15
- [Interviewer] Can you show for me
03:15
the coolest place you've ever been?
03:16
- Coolest place, Cape Town, South Africa.
03:17
- [Interviewer] Okay,
and what's the location
03:21
that you'd love to go to?
03:22
- Oh man, I'm obsessed, Tokyo, Japan.
03:25
- [Interviewer] Nice.
03:28
- Anime is the best.
03:29
- [Interviewer] So in
looking back at your life,
03:30
when was the most
nervous you've ever been?
03:32
- Presenting, I think presenting awards,
03:35
sometimes teleprompters, it gets weird.
03:39
- [Interviewer] Who's your dream co-star?
03:41
- Oh man, Leonardo DiCaprio.
03:43
- [Interviewer] Who's
easier to impersonate,
03:46
Sly Stallone as Rocky, or
Kyle Chandler as Coach Taylor?
03:47
- [Interviewer] How many
punches did you take
03:53
while filming "Creed"?
03:54
- Probably more than I
should, but a lot, a lot.
03:56
- [Interviewer] What was it
like training for "Creed"?
03:59
- Intense. Hardest thing I ever had to do,
04:01
physically, anyway.
04:03
- [Interviewer] And what
was your first impression
04:04
of Mr. Stallone, anyway?
04:05
- The guy knows a little
bit about everything.
04:07
I mean, he could tell you
like, who made the camera,
04:08
where's this wood imported from, the desk.
04:11
He just, the things that you
don't think he knows, he knows.
04:14
Like he's just a little savant like that.
04:16
- [Interviewer] All
right, so what do we have
04:18
in this room over here?
04:19
- [Michael B. Jordan] Oh, this is where
04:21
all the creativity happens.
04:22
A lot of work, a lot of
writing, a lot of thinking.
04:23
- [Interviewer] Okay.
04:26
- [Interviewer] Favorite
video game of all time?
04:28
- "Call of Duty", hands down.
04:29
- [Interviewer] How does it feel
04:30
playing yourself in "NBA 2K17"?
04:31
- Surreal. I love that game.
04:33
I played it so much growing up as a kid,
04:35
now I'm in it, it's insane.
04:36
- [Interviewer] Who's MVP this year?
04:38
- Oh, the controversy,
that's a loaded question.
04:39
The situation is just set
04:45
up for him in Boston that way, I think.
04:46
But he's a killer, you already know.
04:47
- [Interviewer] Okay. So
who's your favorite actress?
04:49
- [Interviewer] And what's your favorite
04:52
performance of hers ever?
04:53
- "Death Becomes Her", it's a classic.
04:57
- [Interviewer] What's your
number one dating rule?
04:59
- Always pick up the tab, at first anyway.
05:05
And then, she never touches a doorknob.
05:07
- [Interviewer] What
gets you really pumped?
05:10
- [Interviewer] What ticks you off?
05:12
- Being hung up on.
05:13
- [Interviewer] What are
you most nostalgic for
05:14
- Nineties, nineties, nineties.
05:17
Homemade mix tapes.
05:19
- [Interviewer] Favorite line
05:21
from anything you've worked on?
05:21
- Favorite line, "Where's Wallace?"
05:24
- [Interviewer] If you could hire anyone
05:27
to make a doc about your
life, who would it be?
05:28
- [Interviewer] What would the title be?
05:31
- "The Gift That Keeps On Giving".
05:33
- [Interviewer] Favorite beverage?
05:35
- Apple juice, you want one?
05:37
- [Interviewer] Yeah.
What's your favorite food?
05:38
- Oh man, that's tough.
05:40
- [Interviewer] Thanks.
05:44
- Mexican, Italian.
05:45
- [Interviewer] Okay. Who's
someone you really want to meet
05:46
but haven't had the chance?
05:48
- Malcolm Gladwell.
05:50
- [Interviewer] Who's
the most stylish person,
05:51
living or not living?
05:53
- Hmm, Prince, Pharrell.
05:55
- [Interviewer] What's a song
guaranteed to get you dancing?
06:00
- Alicia Myers, "I Want To Thank You".
06:02
- [Interviewer] Can you
show me that dance move?
06:04
There it is, there it is.
06:05
- It's the two-step.
06:07
- [Interviewer] All right,
who's your favorite singer?
06:08
- [Interviewer] Favorite novelist?
06:11
- [Interviewer] Favorite artist?
06:14
- Hebru Brantley, Basquiat.
06:17
- [Interviewer] What's the craziest rumor
06:19
you've ever heard about yourself?
06:20
- That I don't date Black women.
06:23
- [Interviewer] If you
could have a superpower,
06:24
- Control time, because then
technically you can teleport.
06:29
- [Interviewer] Who do you
want to play in a movie?
06:31
- Action hero-slash-quantum physicist.
06:35
- [Interviewer] Who would you
want to play you in a movie?
06:38
- [Interviewer] Okay, and let's say a book
06:43
was written about you.
06:44
Who would you want to
write your biography?
06:45
- [Interviewer] I know
you gotta get outta here,
06:49
but what can fans expect
from "Black Panther"?
06:50
- Oh man, I think it's,
06:52
I think it's going to
be incredibly original,
06:54
exciting, action packed.
06:56
I really think it's a
movie you haven't seen
06:58
from Marvel just yet.
07:00
- [Interviewer] Can you give
a reaction to the following?
07:02
- [Interviewer] Okay, "The Wire".
07:05
- Baltimore, crab cakes.
07:06
- [Interviewer] Philadelphia.
07:07
- [Interviewer] Fidget spinners.
07:09
- [Interviewer] Your sister.
- Mom number two.
07:11
- [Interviewer] Your brother.
- Extremely loyal.
07:14
- [Interviewer] New Jersey.
- Newark.
07:16
- [Interviewer] Your fellow
73 question alum, Zac Efron?
07:18
- [Interviewer] Yes. He'll
be flattered to hear that.
07:22
What's the most important
thing that's missing
07:24
in the world right now?
07:26
- I think the world is
missing a carbon tax.
07:28
- [Interviewer] Michael,
it's your parents.
07:30
- [Mrs. Jordan] Michael.
07:31
- [Interviewer] Look who's back.
07:32
- You're leaving, here.
07:32
- It's your lunch.
- Thank you so much.
07:35
- All right, man, see you later, Pop.
07:38
- All right, take care.
07:38
- The perks of parents.
07:40
- [Interviewer] What's a cause or topic
07:42
that you want to share right now?
07:43
- Police brutality in America.
07:45
- [Interviewer] What
charitable organizations
07:47
are close to your heart?
07:48
- [Interviewer] What's
something you learned recently
07:50
that blew your mind?
07:51
- You can't lick your elbows, impossible.
07:54
- [Interviewer] That's
not true, that's not true!
07:58
- Just go ahead and try it, man.
07:59
- [Interviewer] No, I'm
not going to try right now,
08:00
because the last question's right here,
08:01
can I have the honor
08:02
of saying that I have a
secret handshake with you?
08:03
- Yeah. All right, cool.
08:06
- [Interviewer] Yep, yep, sure.
08:08
- All right, just work on that.
08:09
- [Interviewer] That
concludes our interview.
08:10
- Cool. All right, man.
08:11
- [Interviewer] Really
appreciate your time, Michael.
08:12
- Thanks for coming through.
08:13
- [Interviewer] All right, take care.
08:14
- [Michael B. Jordan] All right.
08:14
- [Interviewer] Thanks.
08:15