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Jan 9, 2026
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Michael B. Jordan at The 16th Governors Awards held at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood on November 16, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. JC Olivera/WWD/Getty Images
If “Sinners” made you emotional, you have something in common with one of its stars, Michael B. Jordan.
In an interview with W, the actor said starring as identical twins Elijah “Smoke” Moore and Elias “Stack” Moore put him in his feels.
“I cried during Sinners,” he told the publication. “I also cried during the making of the film.”
Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners.” Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
It’s not just his own projects that move him, as he also said the film “‘Armageddon’ gets me every time.”
“I dropped tears in Armageddon big-time,” he said. “I had a really good cry watching the last season of the anime My Hero Academia, when Bakugo, a character from the first season, has this emotional moment where he finally gets recognized by one of his mentors and idols. It was beautiful.”
Jordan, who has had a long standing collaboration with “Sinners” writer and director Ryan Coogler, has won critical acclaim and award nominations thanks to his seamless performance as twins.
His costar Wunmi Mosaku plays Annie, the estranged wife of Smoke, and told W she “never got confused” by Jordan playing two different characters.
Wunmi Mosaku as Annie and Michael B. Jordan as Stack in “Sinners.” Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
“I could tell if he was Smoke or Stack with my back turned. We had this kind of magnetism when he was Smoke,” she said. “And when he was Stack, we were on the other side of the room. It was his cadence, his rhythm, his energy, his spirit, his face. Stack has dimples, and Smoke doesn’t.”
