Michael B. Jordan went to therapy after playing villain in Black Panther

After filming wrapped on the hugely successful superhero movie, Michael B. Jordan realised he needed professional help.

Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan has revealed he needed to seek therapy after filming wrapped on the hugely successful Marvel movie.

Jordan, who played villain Erik Killmonger, said to get into character, he purposely distanced himself from others.

“I spent a lot of time alone,” Jordan revealed to Oprah Winfrey during a Super Soul Conversation taping.

“I figured Erik, his childhood growing up was pretty lonely. He didn’t have a lot of people he could talk to about this place called Wakanda that didn’t exist.”

Jordan starred as Erik Killmonger in the movie.

The 31-year-old also leaned on the “pain and rage and all those emotions” Killmonger represents from “being black and brown here in America”.

When it was all finished, Jordan sought professional help.

“I think just being in that kind of mind state … it caught up with me,” the actor said.

After filming completed, Jordan found it difficult reconnecting with people. “Readjusting to people caring about me, getting that love that I shut out,” Jordan shared. “I shut out love, I didn’t want love. I wanted to be in this lonely place as long as I could.”

Jordan with co-star Chadwick Boseman in a scene from the movie.

Overall, Jordan says his therapy sessions “helped me out a lot”. He didn’t reveal how often he went or if he continues today.

“Your mind is so powerful. Your mind will get your body past a threshold that it would have given up on way before,” Jordan said. “Honestly, therapy, just talking to somebody just helped me out a lot. As a man, you get a lot of slack for it. … I don’t really subscribe to that. Everyone needs to unpack and talk.”

Black Panther has been critically acclaimed and is nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Original Music Score and Best Production Design.

This story originally appeared in the New York Post and is republished here with permission