{"id":388351,"date":"2026-01-05T01:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/388351\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T01:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:47:11","slug":"michael-b-jordans-black-panther-role-introduced-him-to-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/388351\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael B. Jordan’s ‘Black Panther’ Role Introduced Him To Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAfter making his MCU<\/a> debut in Black Panther<\/a> (2018), Michael B. Jordan<\/a> learned the importance of separating himself from his characters\u2019 mindset.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Golden Globe nominee explained that his Wakandan antagonist Erik Killmonger \u201cdidn\u2019t really know a lot of love,\u201d which prompted him to get therapy after completing production on the Ryan Coogler<\/a>-helmed blockbuster.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI think Erik didn\u2019t experience that,\u201d he said on CBS Sunday Morning<\/a>. \u201cHe had a lot of betrayal, a lot of failed systems around him that shaped him and his anger and his frustration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJordan explained, \u201cSo, for a while, in preparation for that role, I didn\u2019t really speak to my family that much. I was kind of isolated a bit. I went into my hole and tried to live like he would have lived for a bit, whatever that process was.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Black Panther, Killmonger\u2019s father T\u2019Chaka was killed by T\u2019Challa\u2019s (Chadwick Boseman) father for smuggling vibranium out of Wakanda, prompting him to duel T\u2019Challa for the throne.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tMichael B. Jordan and Chadwick Boseman in \u2018Black Panther\u2019 (2018) (Matt Kennedy\/Marvel\/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection)<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAfter the movie, it kind of stuck with me for a bit. I went to therapy, talked about it, found a way to kind of just decompress. And I think at that point, I was still learning that I needed to decompress from a character,\u201d added Jordan. \u201cThere\u2019s no blueprint to this. Acting is a solo journey a lot of times. Auditioning by yourself, practicing by yourself. There\u2019s a lot of preparation and the experience and the journey. So, learning as I went, realizing that, \u2018Oh man, I still got a little something on me I need to get off.\u2019 Talking is really important.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Sinners star noted that his sessions \u201cspiraled into a bigger conversation and self-discovery,\u201d concluding that therapy \u201cis necessary \u2026 especially for men.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSo, that\u2019s something I\u2019m not ashamed of at all and very proud of,\u201d he said. \u201cIt definitely helped me throughout the years and to this day of trying to be a good communicator and a well-rounded person, inside and out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After making his MCU debut in Black Panther (2018), Michael B. Jordan learned the importance of separating himself…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[84246,88,259,18924,206],"class_list":{"0":"post-388351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-black-panther","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-mental-health","11":"tag-michael-b-jordan","12":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}