โ€” Updated on 10 March 2023

We Had A One-On-One Chat With โ€˜Creed IIIโ€™ Star Jonathan Majors

โ€” Updated on 10 March 2023
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A heavyweight boxing champion in Creed III but an even greater heavyweight screen talent in real life, as youโ€™ll gather from this recent interview, Jonathan Majors has experienced a meteoric rise to mainstream stardom ever since he was tapped to lead HBOโ€™s Lovecraft County.

In the years following his brief-yet-memorable tenure as Atticus Sampson โ€œTicโ€ Freeman in the critically-acclaimed horror drama series, Majors has appeared in Spike Leeโ€™s Da 5 Bloods, Netflixโ€™s ensemble western The Harder They Fall, as well as having landed the role of Marvelโ€™s next Thanos-level threat: Kang the Conqueror (which you can now witness in the critically-divisive Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantamania).

During his recent visit to Sydney, Australia, Boss Hunting had the distinct pleasure of sitting down for a quick yarn with the man himself: the conversation ranging from his headline-making body transformation for both Michael B. Jordanโ€™s directorial debut in Creed III and Magazine Dreams, the legendary pugilists he drew inspiration from in order to inhabit Damien โ€œDameโ€ Anderson, as well as quite the tasty confirmation of his involvement with an upcoming project thatโ€™s been on our radar for some time nowโ€ฆ

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48 Hours In Vegas: Jonathan Majors To Play Dennis Rodman

While had certainly been rumblings about Majors being in discussion to portray the almost-mythical Dennis Rodman in 48 Hours In Vegas โ€“ a comedy based on the Chicago Bulls superstarโ€™s infamous trip to Sin City amidst the 1998 NBA finals (Chicago Bulls vs Utah Jazz) โ€“ Majors personally revealed he is indeed attached to the much-anticipated film currently being helmed by Phil Lord & Chris Miller; who you may have encountered through 21 Jump Street22 Jump StreetCloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, as well as Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.

โ€œYeah, Iโ€™m playing Dennis Rodmanโ€ฆ itโ€™s fine, weโ€™re working on the script,โ€ Jonathan Majors exclusively told BH.

โ€œLetโ€™s get it done, guys. Thank youโ€ฆ cool. You actually helped me.โ€

Prior to this, Majors had alluded to the possibility by noting his desire to speak with The Worm himself.

โ€œItโ€™s on my listโ€ฆ I know where heโ€™s at and I think heโ€™s open-hearted and wants to collaborate,โ€ Majors hinted in conversation with Variety at the Governors Awards.

Check out BHโ€™s interview with Jonathan Majors for Creed III above.

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After stretching his legs with companies such as The Motley Fool and the odd marketing agency, Garry joined Boss Hunting in 2019 as a fully-fledged Content Specialist. In 2021, he was promoted to News Editor. Garry proudly retains a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, black bruises from Muay Thai, as well as a black belt in all things pop culture. Drop him a line at [email protected]