Often called the Denzel Washington of his generation, Michael B. Jordan rose to prominence on the critically acclaimed NBC high school football drama Friday Night Lights. He recently joined the cast of NBC’s dramaticcomedy series Parenthood for its second season run. We recently caught up with Michaelto chat with him about Friday Night Lights‘ upcoming finale season, just as he is preparing to shoot his first episodes of Parenthood, where he will play Haddie Braverman’s (Sarah Ramos) new boyfriend.

Here is our conversation:

So, you are joining the cast of Parenthood for its second season?

Michael B. Jordan: I haven’t filmed any of those episodes yet. I start in a few weeks.

You are playing Haddie Braverman’s boyfriend on the series. Can you tell me a little bit about your relationship with Sarah Ramos on the show?

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Can you tell us more about the character you play in Red Tails? There’s not a whole lot of information about Maurice ‘Bumps’ Wilson out there…

Michael B. Jordan: I want to talk to you about Red Tails. But it’s currently in post. There have been a lot of rewrites. We did a lot of reshoots. I am not sure, exactly, what the finished product is going to be right now. I play young flight officer Maurice Wilson. He is a Tuskegee Airman straight out of camp. He is straight out of flight training, he just got his wings, and he landed in Italy. He is a really young pilot, but he is eager to be a man. He is eager to fight. But he has a lot of learning to do. Some of the veteran pilots take him underneath their wing. They show him how it is done in a war. It’s like a freshman going into college for his first semester. The upperclassmen take the freshmen under their wing. They show him the ropes. They try to make him feel comfortable. They want to make him feel like a part of the crew. That he is one of the boys in this war. Because we are out there by ourselves. I’m not sure how familiar you are with the Tuskegee Airmen and their journeys, but during the early 1940s, we didn’t have any rights at all. They didn’t want us over there. They didn’t want African-Americans fighting in the war whatsoever. So we kept each other company. And we kept each other focused. For the war, we weren’t actually allowed to engage in air-to-air combat. We weren’t allowed to engage in any fighting, whatsoever. For the first six months, we were literally practicing, and dog fighting, and training. The first time that we went out on an actual mission, we were veterans. Because we’d been practicing for the first six months between ourselves. We weren’t allowed to actually fly. Or see any of the action. When we first got action, that is how our reputation started to build up. We got known for our flawless missions because we were already pros by the time we stepped into a plane and actually saw live combat.

You say that the script changed. Did the entire storyline of the film shift its focus?

Michael B. Jordan: The story did change. It is a sticky situation. I wish I could be more elaborate about it. I don’t know exactly what I can speak about. Or not. I don’t know which direction the film is taking in post. I want to talk about it. But I’m not really sure if that is a good idea.

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Not every actor has the opportunity to star on three Emmy-nominated television shows, pal around Europe with Ne-Yo and Method Man while working on a George Lucas Film, and start his own production company, all before the age of 23. But for Michael B. Jordan this is the fortuitous turn his career has taken.

The current star of NBC’s “Friday Night Lights” let iheartradio tag-along with him as he attended his first Primetime Emmy® Awards after party. As an alum of HBO favorite “The Wire,” Jordan was able to reunite with old friends, party on HBO’s tab, and ogle “Entourage” star Emmanuelle Chriqui. Here’s an exclusive peek behind the velvet rope.

Was this your first time participating in the Emmy festivities? If so, what was it like?
I have been to the Daytime Emmys during my run on “All My Children” a few years ago and that was an incredible experience, but rubbing shoulders with Primetime nominees and winners was amazing. It’s some place I’ve imagined I would be sooner or later and it feels great to say I was there.

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