BLACK PANTHER Star Michael B. Jordan Explains Why Playing Erik Killmonger Sent Him To Therapy

@IAmAHoot - He'd be like that dude who handed out machetes to homeless people

@Matchesz - It's called being human.
Some of you never have to try it and it shows.

@Matchesz

“Its not about growing some balls it’s about growing a spine”

Bro you spend your time on CBM crying most days. 💀

@Rpendo - while i’m at work cause i’m always working putting bread on the table and not protesting on the streer for every lil thing tough guys lmao

@Matchesz

What are you trying to say here? Lmao.

@Matchesz - Men also have feelings, get over it bro.

You can all get behind a movie about a dude getting revenge for his dog being killed or a washed up and tired Wolverine bonding with his daughter, but if the actors themselves show they have a heart too, then oh boy, they're puss*es.

As for politics, you should blame the sh*t system that gave you the "choice" between 2 godawful human beings.

Harris, Clinton, Trump or Biden... What a f*cking joke

@Demigods - I didn't read anything in the quote that implied that he went to therapy because of this role. That's something Josh inferred and put in the headline to engender responses like this.

@Demigods - EVERYONE, and I mean EVERYONE has dark aspects within themselves, nature of being human.

Mostly locked away if a good person tho they can leak out from time to time and IF by taking on any job, not limited to but including acting taps into those dark aspects then seeking pro help to deal with that and lock away those demons again is a GOOD thing more folk should do. It isn't a sign of weakness doing so but a sign of strength you are able to recognise and directly confront your inner demons and deal with them in a healthy way with psychological help from a mental health worker.

@Demigods - I dont think you guys realize what method acting is. For some of these actors to get into these roles they do everything to get into the headspace of what the character is to become him/her on screen. It's not something you can just turn 'off' when they yell cut so it takes some of these actors some time to detox from the character to get back to their real selves. So disrespectful to imply that all they do is "play dress up." Can you do it and entertain millions? Im betting you cant. THATS why they get paid the big bucks.

@IAmAHoot - I [frick]ing KNEW someone was going to bring that up. Two things there: One, NOTHING Michael B Jordan has ever done, or ever will do, will ever be even remotely close to Heath Ledger’s Joker. Two: Heath Ledger took mind altering substances and locked himself in a hotel room, intentionally looking at dark imagery to get into character for that role. Three, Killmonger is NOWHERE near as dark or nuanced as THAT joker.

And look, if this dude were to just say “I go to therapy, and didn’t realize how much I had to talk it out about this role” I’d be all for that. The nuance between THAT and “This role sent me to therapy” is COMPLETELY different.

@Apophis71 - dude got payed millions of dollars to play dress up, but had to be the bad guy this time... in a marvel movie FFS, this role and the dude are not that deep.

Again, if he were basically saying something more along the lines of “I go to therapy (because honestly, we should all go to therapy-myself included, if you can’t tell from this rant and how angry I got about it lol)- But, I talk to a therapist regularly, and it surprised me just how much I had to talk about this role to get it off my chest.”

THAT is an entirely differently nuanced version of what he said... but that’s not what he said. He made it seem like this role (which again... it’s a [frick]ing Marvel Villain... it aint that deep) SENT him to therapy.

I dunno... I just see people with real [frick]ing problems every day at my job.... and seeing some [frick]ing dude who made millions to play dress up cry about it because he had to be the bad guy this time, but again, made MILLIONS of dollars for doing it?! I have ZERO [frick]ing sympathy for him and think he’s being a crybaby bitch by wording it like that.

Fine, don’t play a bad guy again, because it “affected you” so much. insert eye roll and sigh!

I dunno... come talk to me when you watch people die every day and stuff that shit down so that when you walk in the door your kids have no idea why you’re not hugging them until you scrape the blood out from under your finger tips and then come talk to me about [frick]ing NEEDING to go to therapy... just [frick]ing fabricated problems by rich mother [frick]ers so no one forgets “hey, I’m a victim too! Don’t forget how special I am!”

@Lokiwasright - huh? I mean you did lol and a few others did, judging by how much people have responded to it.

@Demigods - Sorry to hear about all that, sounds like a shitty day.

"Like, bro... it wasn’t that Deep"

Doesn't have to be. I suppose I've been guilty of using this kind of language to talk about what might seem like minor things. From my experiences, sometimes molehills left unattended make mountains of themselves. Like I've detailed elsewhere in this thread, the instigating event that sent me to therapy was by every conventional measure VERY minor, but it was the fact that it seemed like a major thing in the moment that was a symptom of the deeper problem. Not the event itself, but how I responded to it.

"when they’re sitting in the richest lap of luxury"

Mental health doesn't give a shit about success or affluence. How many very successful celebrities die by suicide, directly or indirectly? It can be tough to understand for someone who already has their mental health well in hand, but not only is success not a balm for anxiety or depression, sometimes it can make them worse.

Anyway, glad we're all talking about it. There's no shame in talking to someone about what's going on in our lives. Everyone carries, to one degree or another, scars from shitty upbringings, bad relationships, physical and emotional abuse, loss and grief, all kinds of things that we don't realize might be coloring the way we approach the world. I'd highly recommend everyone, and especially every dude, try 4-6 weeks of talk therapy. It's mostly covered by insurance, and what's the worst that could happen? You find out that you don't need therapy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway, hope the week doesn't hold any more surprises for you.

@Apophis71 - nah man.... I’ve actually studied psychology, I’m the sounding board for a highly sought after mental health professional in my region, and I regularly talk people off the ledge... literally and figuratively. I’ve... like literally gotten awards and recognition for it lol... and I tried to pawn that shit off on my partner at the time and say it was him so that he’d get the award but it was recorded... bc I have ZERO interest in accolades.

My issue is that I see people REALLY struggling with mental illness, addiction, serious trauma (both physical and mental) just about every day. Jordan feels SUPER disingenuous in this, and the verbiage almost all but confirms it to my trained eye. When you do crisis hotline help, you have to pick up on this stuff.

To be perfectly clear, I don’t care who he is or what his socioeconomic status is: If he called for help, I’d be there to help him and try to point him in the right direction and do everything in my power to help. That’s not the issue. And going to therapy is not the issue.

I’m NOT belittling someone for needing help. EVERYONE should be in therapy. I’m belittling him for seemingly trying to cash in on general social perception towards mental health by capitalizing on the county’s incessant need for celebrity worship. Look, you and I probably won’t agree with each other on this. And I’m sorry I was so heated about it earlier.

To be completely honest...Had a rough few days. And shit like this just hit at the wrong time. I hate the idea of “method acting”. I get that certain people can do it and it’s led to amazing performances. I don’t think this performance was something we could warrants that type of dedication, and I think it’s asinine for people to take themselves too seriously in general. I dunno. As someone that’s legit had to switch roles for REALLY actually important things... like dude... In the space of 15 hours one night, I dragged a little kid that was burnt to a crisp out of a building, scraped his skin off my gear, then had to transport his other brother to the hospital and pretend like his little brother didn’t just die in my [frick]ing arms. Then later that night, I had to LITERALLY pull someone back into a window so they didn’t commit suicide a few hours later. about and hour after that we had an accident with a dead parent and the kid in the back seat... all in one [frick]ing night... then to come home on zero sleep and have to be Mr Mom to three young babies while my wife went and worked... shit like “playing my marvel villain for millions of dollars made me go to therapy” REALLY feels like the delusional self important Hollywood bull shit that idiots eat up because they worship celebrities. I dunno... it’s about perspective and keeping privilege in check... and this feels like a millionaire crying about making millions of dollars, when there are just so many other more serious and important things.

@Demigods - Studied psychology too, couple of medical degrees and worked four decades in healthcare including several months in a mental health hospital and your overthinking it all on minimal info whilst over simplifying both the nature of his job AND how it COULD act as a trigger to release inner demons which could need dealing with BEFORE they become serious problems in his life.

@Demigods - Well TBF there have been times when celebs have checked themselves into clinics and such like in a way that seemed more PR related but normally when their star power is at a real low in order to gain tabloid attention or after some controversy to try and signal they are dealing with the issues behind it.

Those such cases from my PoV have almost always been lower talent white actors/singers when purely PR related and can't think of a case NOT related to some scandal where going for mental health assistance hasn't been after a Jonathon Majors type scenario with black male actors UNLESS there really was issues such as addictions or actual mental health issues and not oft they open up about it even then.

That isn't based on a bias type ism beyond the general observed trend that black men are less likely to be open about such things and/or get help than white men who in turn are less likely to do so than females in my exp with work and amongst friends/family. There are also ALWAYS exceptions in all things, simply talking my perceived trends and on overall stats.

I'm not American however, I tend to feel the stigmas related to mental health have differing ways of presenting across the pond where having counselling appears more normalised than here still, that and the NHS V Insurance based healthcare differences and how they present themselves in regard to such issues.

Ultimately for me, I am willing to overlook folk in the public eye saying they went to mental health pro's for help, even IF in part PR, as even if in their case BS it still aids reducing the stigma for those who REALY need urgent help going to try and get some IF they can (as woefully long waiting lists on the NHS and financial obstacles for many for private and/or within insurance based healthcare systems).

@Demigods - Sounds real judgemental to me. Talking about another man's job and experience condescending. b We all no none of what they do is real but they do get paid a lot to entertain when many people wish they had half the skill to do what they do. Beside he was just talking about how they role led him to therapy. How did that come off as being a victim? People go to therapy for all types of stuff. Sounds like you have a YOU problem if you see these people outside of what the reality is.