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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why Michael B. Jordan Would Not Have Been Satisfied With Simply Being a Working Actor · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Michael Jordan, the basketball legend, had a reputation for being
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  Speaker 2: one of the most competitive athletes of all time. And
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  Speaker 2: the A-list actor who shares his name, Michael B. Jordan,
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  Speaker 2: also shares that trait.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he's actually said for years growing up, knowing that
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  Speaker 3: he had the same name as the most famous and
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  Speaker 3: popular athlete in the world, lit a fire under him
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  Speaker 3: to not be in his number 23 shadow his whole life.
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  Speaker 3: But that competitive streak is something that just always been
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  Speaker 3: a part of who he is, even if the elder
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  Speaker 3: Jordan had never picked up a ball.
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  Speaker 4: That's one of the reasons he's an A-list actor.
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  Speaker 2: Vogue asked him if he would have been happy in life,
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  Speaker 2: satisfied if he had become a successful working actor, but
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  Speaker 2: never a movie star.
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  Speaker 4: He said no.
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  Speaker 2: He says whatever he wanted to do in life, he
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  Speaker 2: was going to be competitive at. And he wanted to
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  Speaker 2: be mentioned amongst the great actors, not just being an actor.
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  Speaker 2: And considering he's got a shiny new.
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  Speaker 4: Best Actor Oscar, thanks to Sinners, he's gotten there. He's
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  Speaker 4: done it. Michael B.
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  Speaker 2: Jordan's remake of The Thomas Crowd Affair hits theaters in March.
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  Speaker 4: I'm so excited.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.