Jonathan Major's first big movie was the "Ant-Man" sequel two weeks ago and he's already back with his second, "Creed III."
Majors, whose other films include "Devotion" and "The Last Black Man in San Francisco," plays Damian Anderson, whose relationship to Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan) takes a little while to emerge. That they eventually meet in a prizefight already has been revealed by ads for "Creed III" but the details are best left to the movie.
One thing you can tell from those ads is that, just as in "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," Majors is magnetic. The actor is not quite as low-key here as he was in "Ant-Man" but he uses intense eye contact and off-kilter line readings to indicate that Damian may not be who he seems to be. He makes friendly comments sound menacing and threats sound genial — like when he compliments Creed's musician wife on her work but also insinuates that she's overshadowed by her husband.
