Michael B. Jordan has reflected on one of the most moving memories of his life.
In a new interview with Termthe actor opened up about his experiences working Sinners and how deeply the story affected him as he became “immersed in this story of the Jim Crow South in 1932 Mississippi.”
He admitted that there was something unexpectedly intimate about the script, saying: “What struck me when I read the script – and I think I knew it – was that the ’30s weren’t kind to people who looked like us,” he said.
Jordan went on to explain how the project made him reexamine his own family history and view it through a new lens.
“And for me, because I have family roots that come from Hope, Arkansas and Shreveport, Louisiana on my dad’s side of the family… You see them as old, your grandmother has been old all your life, but now you understand how they grew up.”
He continued, “When I went there to make this film, I think it clicked: she was 20 at some point. And it was like we were making a film about my grandparents, my great-grandparents and my cousins, and what it was like for them – the conditions of everyday survival.”
Additionally, Jordan reflected on the woman who helped raise him while his parents were at work.
“The woman who took care of me… who made me read Scripture, or sit down and meditate, or go outside and flip that switch, you know what I mean? It made me think about the relationship I had with her while she was alive.”
