Relationships are tough on their own. But a relationship with a Hollywood star like Michael B. Jordan is even harder to maintain. For the role of Adonis Creed in Creed III, Jordan, and co-star Tessa Thomspon took couples therapy sessions to understand their characters better.
After what appeared to be a tough year for the Black Panther actor, his girlfriend Lori Harvey announced their breakup in the June of 2022. Following his role as Adonis Creed in the Creed franchise, it surely must have been hard for Michael B. Jordan to take these couples therapy sessions with co-star Tessa Thompson.
When Michael B. Jordan Had To Take Couples Therapy
After his breakup with girlfriend Lori Harvey, the Just Mercy actor devoted his passion to finishing the magnum opus Creed III. Having starred as the character of Adonis Creed over the course of 9 years in 3 movies, Michael B. Jordan shared the screen with Tessa Thompson throughout the franchise.
In an interview, the Thor: Ragnarok actress revealed that to mentally prepare for the role of their characters, the duo of actors went through couples therapy sessions. While talking to Refinery29, Thompson revealed that due to the years spent together on set, they both knew each other quite well to have a couples therapy session.
“The line sometimes between character and us get blurred because we bring so much of what we’re exploring personally to the characters in general. So funnily, it was the first time … I’m probably saying too much. I’ll say it was an early experience in couples therapy for us both [personally], but it was as these characters, which is very weird”
The Men in Black: International actress continued,
“Since we’ve been making these movies for eight, nine years, we’ve seen each other through various stages in our own romantic things. So we know stuff about each other’s lives. We shared and talked about it. So therapy ended up starting at work and getting more personal.”
Tessa Thompson revealed that the therapy sessions indeed helped them with Creed III and how the storyline also included a heavy usage of parenting.
Michael B. Jordan Talked About Parenting With Tessa Thompson
Since Creed III also involves a certain parenting aspect of the lead character, Michael B. Jordan and Tessa Thompson had to go through these couples therapy sessions while also talking about parenting.
“It was a chance for us to really talk to a couples therapist and understand what are some of the things young parents who are trying to balance their own dreams and aspirations? What are the themes that you see? What are the things they might be up against? What might be their impediments to happiness or success as a couple? That was really fascinating also to hear from her and bring that into the stew.”
With the movie currently standing strong at a rating of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.4/10 on IMDB, Creed III is currently screening in theaters worldwide for people to see.
Source: Refinery29
