binary between things that are really interesting and compelling and complicated and things that are commercial i really dont believe that theyre mutually exclusive i think you can make something appeal to a wide audience and also its challenging us and changing our perceptions and is complicated and interestingrepresentation is a hugely important part of creedi dont think that representation should ever feel like a chore its just that when its time to tell a true story about the world that we exist in theres all kinds of people so i feel really excited about creed 3 and mila daviskent first of all its just a tremendous performance but it also means that we have representation in our film thats so sorely missed theres a whole community of people that are going to feel seen in the context of our film in a way that they didnt and frankly that they couldnt with me as a hearing actor playing that part i could never have told the story in the way that mila gets to because shes a part of that communityimage credit eli ademetrogoldwynmayer pictureswarner brosfinal question so many of your characters bianca included are cool and confident are you like that in real lifelaughs thats such a funny question no i dont think so at all i think the truth is i like playing those certain characters like bianca is way cooler than me in the sense that she really is her own person she really doesnt care like when you first see her in that first movie she does not care what the neighbour thinks about her she doesnt care what anybody thinks about her she can so quickly tell her truth and tell where shes coming from that was a direct response to ryan saw a girl on the train in philadelphia wearing a really simple hoodie nothing fancy and she looked so cool he asked her can i take a picture of you im working on this film he wanted to capture her spirit the way that she stared directly into the camera without an inch of caring theres something about the look in her eyes that is so confident so selfassured so firmly plantedand that was the person that we were always chasing and im not that cool laughs i still have a hard time looking right down the lens when someone takes a picture you knowcreed 3 opens in cinemas on march 3 for more on other upcoming movies check out our roundup of 2023 movie release dates