By IANS
LOS ANGELES: Actress Tessa Thompson has confirmed that Michael B. Jordan will make his directorial debut with Creed III.
Jordan and Tessa Thompson co-starred within the first two installments of the boxing franchise.
Thompson shared the replace whereas chatting with MTV News, reviews etcanada.com.
Asked about Jordan being topped People Magazine’s new “Sexiest Man Alive”, she stated: “I haven’t talked to him about it because I’m gonna pretend it hasn’t happened. We’re gonna make another ‘Creed’ very soon, and I don’t need the ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ to you know what I mean, I just don’t need it. I don’t need any of it. It’s too much for me to shoulder. It’s too much for me to handle.”
She went on to disclose that Jordan will direct the upcoming third movie within the Creed franchise.
She stated: “It’s going to be ammo, I think, for me, when he is engaging with me as a director. I’m just going to tell him to dial down the sexiness. But we’re not gonna make it until later in the year. So who knows what happens? Another man will be — I don’t know if he will still be the ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ in six months.”
Creed amassed $173.6 million on the field workplace on launch in 2015, whereas Creed II earned $214.1 million. It is unclear if Sylvester Stallone, who wrote Creed II, will return as the long-lasting boxer-turned-trainer Rocky Balboa in Creed III.