Black Panther’s Michael B Jordan on new film Without Remorse and his challenge to Hollywood to commit to black hiring

Jordan says there is ‘a lot of work to be done’ to get Hollywood to hire more black actors, but he has seen a ‘significant or meaningful response’ already

The actor was drawn to Without Remorse as he grew up playing the game adaptations of Tom Clancy’s books and saw this as a chance to play a long-liked character

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Without Remorse star Michael B Jordan says he jumped at the chance to appear in the Tom Clancy novel adaptation, and talks about how the past year has changed his priorities. Photo: Amazon Studios/TNS

Published: 12:15am, 7 May 2021Updated: 12:53am, 7 May 2021

Michael B Jordan’s power on screen has taken many forms.

His heavyweight force in Creed. His capacity to inspire change as Bryan Stevenson in Just Mercy. His raw fury in Black Panther .

But Jordan’s potency reaches new, muscular heights in Without Remorse, a Tom Clancy adaptation that recasts Jordan as a globe-trotting action star. The film is an updated origin story of Navy Seal John Clark, Clancy’s best-known character apart from Jack Ryan. Jordan is hoping it spawns a franchise.

The project has been around Hollywood for decades; Keanu Reeves and Tom Hardy have previously flirted with it. But Jordan saw the possibility to do a big-budget action thriller and perform a lot of his own stunts. He’s a producer on the film via his company, Outlier Society, a leading force in making Hollywood more inclusive.

Jordan’s potency reaches new, muscular heights in Without Remorse. Photo: Amazon via AP

Jordan spent much of the past year quarantined with his family and friends, a time he says has been reflective.