Michael B. Jordan will be making his directorial debut with “Creed III.” He also reprises his role as boxer Adonis Creed in the film, which presented some challenges, including directing while wearing a mouth guard.
Jordan stated in an interview that directing while acting was “frustrating at times,” but that he learned from others who had done it.
“One of the cheat codes I’ve learned from Bradley Cooper and Jon Favreau, who have both acted and directed in projects, is the ability to direct while acting…
If I wanted you to turn to your right, I’d just start stepping that way in my performance and I’d get the shot I needed,” he explained.
“You find little things that you can do to influence a shot without breaking the moment and calling, ‘cut,’ and going back to your actor and talking to them,” he said. “You might be able to get that from them right now.”
