Michael B. Jordan and Tessa Thompson attend the European Premiere of Creed III at Cineworld Leicester Square on February 15, 2023 in London, England
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Michael B. Jordan reprises his position as boxer Adonis Creed in new movie “Creed III” and the actor-director says he hopes to expand the universe across the character in future.
Jordan makes his directorial debut with the third instalment of the films, which first started with 2015’s “Creed”, a spin-off of the “Rocky” movies starring Sylvester Stallone, and telling the story of Adonis, the estranged son of late heavyweight champion Apollo Creed.
“It was challenging but I never felt more alive,” Jordan stated, about his directorial debut on the “Creed III” premiere in London on Wednesday.
“I had a chance to put my point of view on everything and that was really good.”
In “Creed III”, Adonis is having fun with his profitable profession when an previous pal and as soon as promising boxer, Damian, performed by Jonathan Majors, comes again into his life after serving a jail sentence.
While the friendship is at first rekindled, issues quickly unravel when Damian insists he needs a shot within the ring.
Asked if there may very well be extra for Creed in future, Jordan stated: “Definitely. I want to do something like a live on its own, something that maybe if you didn’t see the first two films it would still be able to tell a story and make you feel full when you finished it.
“But I positively plan on increasing the ‘Creed-verse’ shifting ahead … comedian books to graphic novels to TV to spin-offs. There’s so some ways you could inform a narrative with these wealthy characters and now I’m going to determine what I’m going to do.”
One potential storyline could concern Creed’s opponent in “Creed II”, Viktor Drago, son of “Rocky IV” character boxer Ivan Drago. Viktor makes an appearance in “Creed III”.
“We’re engaged on one thing and I really feel like that is some sort of a teaser in ‘Creed III’,” actor Florian Munteanu, who plays Viktor, said.
“This film was actually about digging into the depth of Adonis however I really feel just like the Drago story continues to be unfinished, it is nonetheless untold so we nonetheless have one thing to inform there … let’s examine.”