When it comes to making movies with hand-to-hand combat sequences, successes sometimes happen. Actors and stuntmen can train for months to perfect their choreography and achieve big hits, but accidental and realistic contacts do occur from time to time. It’s something rising star Jonathan Majors has figured out personally in the last year as he will in the next. belief III — but instead of getting mad about it, he actually considers it an honor to be beaten during production.
Majors touched on this topic during a recent interview with Deadline at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, an event that premiered his new Taxi driverbodybuilding drama in style Dream magazine. When the subject turned to his work belief III, he was asked if there was a moment while filming in-ring scenes with co-star/director Michael B. Jordan where he accidentally got punched. Majors explained that it happened more than once, but he was ready to take the pain in light of what he was doing. In his own words:
I took two I think. I adore. I am very honored to have the opportunity to be a part of the Rocky franchise. Sly, Michael B. Jordan, it’s like I have to be in that line, even as a villain, I want to. So yes, [Michael] it could catch me many times. I took a few pictures of the body and handed some in as well.
Clearly, Jonathan Majors was able to take the beatings in stride, but one has to wonder if this perhaps reflects the ridiculously muscular shape he was in during production, sporting a physique defined by lots of exercise and consumption. 6,000 calories a day (unsurprisingly, his looks managed to rock the internet). If he hadn’t been so fit, he might have felt the power of Michael B. Jordan’s punches in a very different way.
After all, Jordan isn’t exactly a muscle-bound weakling like the latest poster from belief III, which you can check out below. These are intense arms and abs.
Pick up after the events I believe II, the sequel finds Adonis “Donnie” Creed (Michael B. Jordan) living a good life of success, but everything is threatened by the return of a childhood friend: Damian “Dame” Anderson (Jonathan Majors). Anderson has spent time in prison, but upon his release he wants a chance to prove he still has what it takes to be a boxing legend, and that means touching boxing gloves with the titular character.
With an all-star cast that also includes Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Florian Munteanu, Phylicia Rashad and more, belief III It will be in cinemas worldwide on March 3rd. You can get the scoop on all the other movies both on the big screen and streaming the remaining 11 months of the year by checking out our 2023 Movie Release Schedule.
Source: Cinemablend
