Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Michael B. Jordan Sought Out Therapy After This Role

Michael B. Jordan admitted one role...took such a toll on his mental health...he needed therapy after the shoot wrapped. Which movie was it?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest, grekallous reasons to seek therapy.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Shall we talk about them? All of them are valid
if you need it. Unpacking your childhood, a break up marriage,
I mean, all those are reasons. And it turns out
also a tough acting gig. He's talking about his Marvel
supervillain Eric Kilmonger.

Speaker 3 (00:20):
Right in Black Panther. It stuck with him in a
way that he just wasn't comfortable with.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
So he needed to decompress from that character. He was saying,
he eventually learned, you need to do this. It comes
after a lot of challenging roles, but at that point
he was still figuring out the whole concept of it.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
Right. The character was the reason he went into therapy,
but once he was in there, it led to other
deeper conversations and further self discovery.

Speaker 2 (00:43):
Hm, I don't know, I want further self discovery. I
don't just in aside anyway. Jordan now feels therapy is
necessary for all people. He says really for men too,
especially men. You can stream one of Michael B. Jordan's
latest sinners that's on HBO. That's direct from Hollywood