Actor, Michael B. Jordan, recently turned heads with his dapper look at the 2026 Critics’ Choice Awards on January 4. At the award show, Sinners was the most-nominated film of the evening, and Michael received nominations for his dual role as identical twins ‘Smoke’ and ‘Stack’ in the Ryan Coogler-directed movie. Besides his performance in the horror-thriller, Michael B. Jordan is also currently making headlines primarily for his Sinners and his recent advocacy for mental health. He opened up about resorting to therapy after a negative role left a lasting impact on his mental well-being.
Michael B. Jordan revealed that an MCU role pushed him to therapy
In a January 2026 interview with CBS Sunday Morning, 38-year-old, Michael B. Jordan revealed he sought therapy to “decompress” after playing the villainous ‘Erik Killmonger’ in the 2018 movie, Black Panther. To prepare for the character, Jordan deliberately isolated himself from family and loved ones to tap into Killmonger’s profound loneliness and dark mindset. After production ended, he found the character’s anger and frustration stuck with him for a bit, making it difficult to return to his normal self. Jordan explained that he was still learning how to separate his personal feelings from his intense on-screen roles at the time. His exact words were:
“It [The character] kind of stuck with me for a bit…I went to therapy and talked about it. Found a way to kind of just decompress, I think at that point still learning that I needed to decompress from a character.”
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