Jonathan Majors Says Working On Creed III Changed His Lifestyle

Jonathan Majors' role in Creed III inspired a "lifestyle" change.

Majors, 33, said his current role as Michael B Jordan's nemesis in Creed III, pushed him to his physical limit. 

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Majors said, "Right now I'm probably four [percent] body fat but also five or six pounds heavier than [when I was on set]."

Majors actually does his best to hide his muscular physique.

"It's a lifestyle," he said. "I'm going for overall health. I actively don't show my body [much], I wear big clothes."

Majors accepts that he needed to change his attitude when he signed on to the boxing drama, which also marked Jordan's directorial debut. 

He said: "This was the first time I was like, 'Okay, it's gonna be on display more or less.' And, as we talked about the honour of joining the Creed-verse, Rocky-verse in the new instalment, you want to do right by everyone that's coming before you.

"And you want to do right by [Jordan]. You want a bad guy? You want a formidable foe? You got it."

After Creed III wrapped, Majors got even more shredded for Magazine Dreams, a bodybuilding drama that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the US Dramatic Special Jury Award.

For that movie, Majors ate 6,100 calories a day for about four months. 

Meanwhile, Jordan recently confessed that directing and starring in Creed III was "tough".

On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jordan said: "It’s tough. You got a mouthpiece in sometimes, you got gloves. You’re always depending on so many people. Your team is everything.

"So, to be able to be in the middle of a boxing scene, honestly it’s sometimes easier because I can direct while I’m acting. If I need to move you upstage a little bit, I just move a little bit like this, and then I get the shot that I need."

Jordan also confessed to being inspired by Japanese anime for Creed III's fight scenes.

He told Collider: "I think ‘cause I was kinda put in a corner, it forced me to be more creative and really think outside the box of how to make the fights different ... and I had a huge Japanese anime influence on a lot of my fighters."

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Creed III are in cinemas now. The release for Magazine Dreams remains undated.— BANG SHOWBIZ

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