Michael B. Jordan took on double duty for upcoming horror film Sinners, playing twin brothers Smoke and Stack in the Ryan Coogler-helmed project.
“Somebody told me something about another guy walking around here looking like me, it’s crazy,” the star joked at Thursday’s New York premiere of the movie, which is set in the 1930s South and sees the brothers leave their troubled lives behind to start over in their hometown, only to encounter a greater evil upon their arrival.
Jordan told The Hollywood Reporter on the carpet that the biggest challenge of playing twins “was the technicality of how we shot both characters. I did every scene like four times, fives times, so I think the balance between going back and forth was difficult at times but you find a rhythm and after a while it was second nature. I had a lot of fun.”
The film also deals with the supernatural and involves vampires, with Jordan pointing to Vampire in Brooklyn and Lost Boys as two of his favorite films in the bloodsucker genre.
“Those are two ones that were pretty dope for me and I loved the cast and the storyline,” he added. “Eddie [Murphy] was so smooth in Vampire in Brooklyn; seeing yourself as a vampire was pretty cool.”
Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku and Delroy Lindo co-star in the film, with the latter speaking about the musical elements present in the story.
“It’s central to the foundation of this narrative, it’s central to the history of this culture and central to the history of this country,” Lindo said, as Wunmi Mosaku added that there’s “blues music throughout the whole movie,” which helps provide for a unique combination “rooted in community, love, music, inspiration, ancestry, hope — and then also vampires.”
O’Connell teased that he was “living my best Beyoncé life on this one” when it came to the musical scenes, and promised viewers “whatever you think it is, think again. But guaranteed it’s a good night out — or day, whenever you’re going to see it.”
Sinners hits theaters April 18.
Neha Joy contributed to this report.
