Actors Who Never Recovered From Their Most Distressing Roles

Michael B. Jordan in Black Panther

Black Panther was a global sensation, earning over a billion dollars. Michael B. Jordan played one of Marvel's most memorable villains, Erik Killmonger, a war-hungry Wakandan usurper. Although many fans sympathized with Killmonger, the role took quite a toll on Jordan, who wasn't used to playing the antagonist.

"I was never in a character for that long of a period of time and was, I guess, that dark, that lonely, that painful," Jordan confessed on The Bill Simmons Podcast.

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