Ryan Coogler talked about losing his mind while directing Michael B Jordan for Sinners because getting the twin character scenes right was basically impossible. The vampire flick forced Jordan to play both Smoke and Stack simultaneously, which meant working with his body double Percy Bell to nail exact timing during every single take. One driving sequence where the brothers had to exit a car and interact with bushes at precise moments pushed everyone to the breaking point.
Jordan mentioned having to choreograph performances with Bell beforehand since whichever twin started a scene would lock down all the blocking rules for that shot. The brothers could never share the same physical space on camera, so the crew figured out workarounds during production instead of planning everything ahead of time.
The 1932-set story follows gangster twins opening a juke joint back home in Mississippi before a vampire tears through their town and forces them to fight for survival.
Jordan mentioned having to choreograph performances with Bell beforehand since whichever twin started a scene would lock down all the blocking rules for that shot. The brothers could never share the same physical space on camera, so the crew figured out workarounds during production instead of planning everything ahead of time.
The 1932-set story follows gangster twins opening a juke joint back home in Mississippi before a vampire tears through their town and forces them to fight for survival.
