The past year has arguably been the most significant of Michael B. Jordan’s career. Ryan Coolger’s Sinners was a box office smash, earning Jordan his first Oscar nomination for Actor in a Leading Role and a record-breaking 16 award nods for the film overall. This is far from Jordan’s breakout role, but it definitely is a career-defining project, and has raised him to a new level of notoriety. So when someone asked Jordan about his experience in Hollywood, the Sinners actor summed ‘the weirdest’ thing up in eight simple words.
Leading up to the 98th Academy Awards on the 2026 TV schedule, Jordan sat down with Vanity Fair to discuss his career leading up to Sinners, the challenge playing twins in the vampire flick, and his upcoming directorial project, a remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. The Black Panther actor was also asked what he thought the weirdest thing about Hollywood was after over a decade in the business. His answer was honest and simple:
