Jordan discusses taking on two roles, twin brothers Smoke and Stack, for his fifth collaboration with Coogler.
“We’re goin' to kill every last one of yah.”
“But…we believe this trailer is gonna help get people in seats.”
Michael B. Jordan plays brothers Smoke and Stack in ‘Sinners’.Warner Bros.
(See the full trailer below.)
One day of terror
Sinnersplays out over the course of a single day.
In one scene, covered-up crates of beer are spotted in the back of a pickup truck.
Jack O’Connell plays a vampire named Remmick in ‘Sinners’.Warner Bros.
“They got a lot of alcohol in that truck,” Coogler remarks.
“It’s the equivalent of having an illicit drug today.”
Based on the trailer, it’s clear not everyone makes it ‘til morning.
Michael B. Jordan in ‘Sinners’.Warner Bros.
Double duty
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Jordan plays said twins, named Smoke and Stack.
“Playing twins was definitely a challenge.
It was part of the reason why I wanted to take the role,” Jordan says.
“Ryan really built two characters that were very much so different but kind of the same.”
Another way to tell them apart: “Smoke doesn’t smile often,” Jordan adds.
“If you’re smiling, more than likely it’s Stack, nine times out of 10.”
Coogler praises Jordan’s “beautiful performance” as both characters.
He recalls a moment when the actor walked on set as Smoke.
“It was a trip.
I was like, ‘Aww s—!
“It’s in there…” Coogler points out, laughing.
Juxtaposing imagery
The presence of twins speaks to the larger duality at play inSinners.
The relationship of those tweaks is “a conflicting one,” Jordan notes.
“It’s actually the same jot down of environment,” Coogler elaborates.
“You’ll see the same people.
Saturday night, they’re acting crazy.
Sunday morning, they’re acting holy.”
The villain
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He adds a lot of…”
“Everything!”
Meanwhile, Omar Miller was among the top of Coogler’s cast wishlist.
He plays Cornbread, a guy from the neighborhood who has history with the twins.
Jayme Lawson (The Woman King,The Batman) and singer Miles Caton also have roles.
“It was a place that I had never been,” he says.
“I was fortunate to have a really, really cultural relationship with my Uncle James.
The seed of [this movie] started with that relationship with my uncle.
He would listen to blues music all the time.
He would only talk about Mississippi when he was listening to that music.
It’s been extremely rewarding.”
It’s for that reason Coogler hesitates to labelSinnersa vampire movie.
“It’s genre-bending, it’s genre-fluid, the film,” he explains.
“Therearevampires in the film, but it’s really about a lot more than just that.
It’s one of many elements, I’ll say.
And I think we’re going to surprise people.”
Sinnersopens in theaters April 18.
Watch the trailer, as well as EW’s exclusive trailer breakdown with Coogler and Jordan, above.
