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Michael B. Jordan's middle  name is Bakari, which  means "noble promise"  in Swahili.

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Jordan is an avid anime fan  and has even incorporated  some anime-inspired fight  moves into his fight scenes  in movies. 

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Jordan originally auditioned  for the role of Wallace in  "The Wire," but was ultimately  cast as a different character. 

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Jordan is a big fan of the  "Dragon Ball" franchise  and even named his dog after  one of the characters, Vegeta. 

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Jordan has a production  company called Outlier  Society Productions, which  he founded in 2016. 

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Jordan is a huge fan of  the "Naruto" anime series and  has even cosplayed as the  character Naruto Uzumaki. 

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Jordan is an avid basketball  player and was even offered  a basketball scholarship to  attend college, but chose  to pursue acting instead. 

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Jordan has a passion for  fashion and has been featured  in several fashion campaigns  and has even modeled for  GQ magazine. 

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Jordan is a trained boxer  and spent months training for  his role as Adonis Creed  in the "Rocky" spinoff "Creed." 

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Jordan is a big fan of the  "Star Wars" franchise and even  played a small role in the film  "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"  as a First Order Stormtrooper.