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  • - [Interviewer] Well, this is a gorgeous way

  • to start a video.

  • Michael B. Jordan!

  • - [Michael] Hey, what's up, man?

  • - [Interviewer] Popping into your workout

  • for a 73-question interview.

  • - Let's do this.

  • - [Interviewer] Let's do this.

  • Ok, so what are you up to these days?

  • - Um, working. Working out.

  • - [Interviewer] What's your daily workout regimen?

  • - Cardio, uh, do some chest, back, tri's, the whole body.

  • - [Interviewer] All right, can you show me

  • the perfect punch?

  • - Alright, 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.

  • - Eesh.

  • - [Interviewer] There you go.

  • - Ahh.

  • - [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] Ah, so what does the B stand for?

  • - Bakari.

  • It's Swahili, means noble promise.

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

  • - No, that's not happening.

  • - [Interviewer] Ok. So what do you have planned for today?

  • - Goin' downtown, check out some friends of mine.

  • - [Interviewer] Ok. Saw the sweet wheels outside.

  • What's, what's the deal with that?

  • - Acura NSX was my childhood favorite car.

  • It's crazy.

  • - [Interviewer] What's the fastest speed

  • that you've ever driven?

  • - 157 miles per hour.

  • - [Interviewer] Whoa.

  • - Hey Google, turn the lights off.

  • - [Google] Sure, turning the garage lights off.

  • - [Interviewer] Who's your best friend?

  • - Oh, Sterling Brown, Chad Easterling,

  • Vince, Bryce.

  • There's so many to name.

  • There's a lot of them.

  • - [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?

  • - Uh, 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 in this world.

  • - [Interviewer] It's Mrs. Jordan!

  • - Hey, what's up?

  • - [Mom] Hey, how are you?

  • - Doing good, how are you doing?

  • - [Mom] Good, good, good.

  • Good to see you.

  • - [Interviewer] What do we have over here?

  • - It's my grandmother's famous rum cakes.

  • They're amazing.

  • You're taking one home too.

  • - [Interviewer] Ok, what's the most outrageous thing

  • you've ever worn, Michael?

  • - What's the most outrageous thing I've ever worn?

  • - [Mom] Oh, I know right away.

  • It's that orange plaid suit that you wore for some award.

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

  • - [Interviewer] Could you describe your mother

  • in three words?

  • - Uh, mom, loving, embarrassing - sometimes -

  • and ah, nurturing, very nurturing.

  • These for Dad?

  • - [Mom] Please, take that to him.

  • - [Interviewer] Alright, what's your favorite TV show

  • of all time?

  • - Ooh, "Martin."

  • Can't stop watching it.

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

  • or use a body double?

  • - My mom's right there!

  • Nudity of course!

  • All nudity, no body double.

  • - [Interviewer] Ok.

  • Can you, uh, tell me something

  • about your father before, uh, we meet him?

  • - Don't look him right in the eyes.

  • - [Interviewer] Noted.

  • - What's up, pop?

  • - [Dad] Hey, what's up son?

  • - Good, good, good.

  • - [Interviewer] Mr. Jordan, if you can ask your son

  • a question, what would you ask?

  • - [Dad] 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?

  • - It's universal, it's not so secret.

  • - [Interviewer] Alright.

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

  • - Oh, man, uh, I think compassion?

  • Compassion.

  • - [Interviewer] Alright, what's your favorite film?

  • - "Rounders."

  • - [Interviewer] What's your favorite film

  • when you were growing up?

  • - "Goonies," uh, "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] Alright, do you have a hidden talent?

  • - Ironing.

  • I like to iron.

  • I think that counts.

  • - [Interviewer] Ok, so on this giant map over here...

  • - Yeah.

  • - [Interviewer] Can you show for me

  • the coolest place you've ever been?

  • - Coolest place...

  • Cape Town, South Africa.

  • - [Interviewer] Ok.

  • And what's a location that you'd love to go to?

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

  • - [Interviewer] Nice.

  • - Anime, it's the best.

  • - [Interviewer] So when looking back at your life,

  • when was the most nervous you've ever been?

  • - Presenting.

  • I think presenting awards sometimes,

  • the teleprompter, it gets weird.

  • - [Interviewer] Who's your dream costar?

  • - Aw, 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.

  • The things you don't think he knows, he knows.

  • He's just a little savant like that.

  • - [Interviewer] Alright.

  • So what do we, uh, have in this room over here?

  • - Oh, this is where all the creativity happens.

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

  • - [Interviewer] Ok. 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] Ok, 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, uh, she never touches the 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 '90s?

  • - '90s, '90s, '90s...

  • 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 Coogler.

  • - [Interviewer] What would the title be?

  • - The Gift That Keeps on Giving.

  • - [Interviewer] Favorite beverage?

  • - Apple juice.

  • You want one?

  • - [Interviewer] Yeah.

  • Favorite food?

  • - Oh man that's tough.

  • Uh, here you go.

  • - [Interviewer] Thanks.

  • - Mexican, Italian.

  • - [Interviewer] Ok, who is 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?

  • - Prince. Pharrell.

  • - [Interviewer] What's a song guaranteed to,

  • uh, get you dancing?

  • - Alicia Myers' "I Want to Thank You."

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

  • There it is.

  • - Ey.

  • - [Interviewer] There it is.

  • - It's a two-step.

  • - [Interviewer] Alright, 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 could 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] Ok, and let's say a book was written

  • about you, who would you want to write your biography?

  • - Me.

  • - [Interviewer] I know you got to get out of here,

  • but what can fans expect from "Black Panther?"

  • - Oh, man, I think it's gonna 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] Ok.

  • The Wire?

  • - Baltimore, crab cakes.

  • - [Interviewer] Philadelphia?

  • - Cheesesteaks.

  • - [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, I guess.

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

  • - Hey Google, what's traffic like to Hope and 8th Street?

  • - [Google] There's light traffic on the way to Hope

  • and 8th Street, so it should take twenty minutes.

  • 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.

  • - [Mom] Michael.

  • - [Interviewer] Look who's back.

  • - [Mom] You're leaving?

  • Here, don't forget your lunch.

  • - Thank you so much.

  • Alright, man, see you later, bud.

  • - [Dad] 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 L.A.

  • - [Interviewer] What's something you learned recently

  • that blew your mind?

  • - You can't lick your elbow, it's impossible.

  • - [Interviewer] That's not true. That's not true.

  • - Just go ahead and try it, man.

  • - [Interviewer] No I'm not gonna 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.

  • Alright, cool.

  • You're coming up?

  • - [Interviewer] Yep, yep, sure.

  • Cool, thanks.

  • - Work on that.

  • - [Interviewer] That concludes our interview.

  • - Cool, alright, dude.

  • - [Interviewer] Really appreciate your time, Michael.

  • - Thanks for coming through.

  • - [Interviewer] Alright, take care.

  • - Alright.

  • - [Interviewer] Thanks.

- [Interviewer] Well, this is a gorgeous way

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