Michael Jordan will be appearing in the forthcoming Marvel movie Black Panther.
No, not this Michael Jordan.
Actor Michael B. Jordan.
Michael B. Jordan will play the supervillain Erik Killmonger, a Wakandan exile who became an American black-ops soldier who seeks to overthrow Chadwick Boseman’s T'Challa/ Black Panther.
Early screenings of the forthcoming 18th Marvel movie are positive. Early words also suggests that Michael B. Jordan’s mysterious villain role could be Marvel’s best since Loki.
When asked why people think his Black Panther role is good, Jordan answered;
“Because Erik Killmonger is really dark, even though you empathise with him and understand his point of view. I think that the greatest villains are the ones where you can see their point of view.”