MICHAEL B. JORDAN and Jonathan Majors stride onto a soundstage in Hollywood, bantering and bouncing on their toes to a Kendrick Lamar accompaniment, looking every bit The King of Hollywood and the Ascendant Star.
As these two actors joined forces to do battle in the boxing drama "Creed III" -- the ninth film in the extended franchise that dates all the way back to Sylvester Stallone's "Rocky" in 1976 -- they were bonded by a shared desire to take on a major challenge.
For Jordan, it was his decision to direct along with returning as Adonis Creed: "I threw myself into the deep end on this one," he says.