In an intimate conversation with Chioma Nnadi for this Thursday’s episode of The Run-Through, October 2026 cover star Micheal B. Jordan dissected a moment in his career when everything he’s dreamed of seems to be finally coming to fruition. Among them? A Vogue cover photographed in a lush London garden by Luis Alberto Rodriguez.
“We felt like a garden was symbolic for the things that I was growing and things that I was building around and tending to,” Jordan explained.
Indeed, since he was a teenager, Jordan has been deliberate about the projects he’s taken on, building a career brick by brick that has lately included a hit Netflix animated movie; three highly anticipated new reboots and spin-offs (The Thomas Crown Affair, Miami Vice, and Delphi, which exists in the universe of Creed); and a demanding role in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners that won Jordan an Oscar.
Just after his win, Jordan received a call from Jamie Foxx. “He’s always one of my biggest supporters and also encouraging me to stay locked in and stay on my path.”
When Chioma asked what will make Jordan’s reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair, set to come out in March, different from the 1968 original and 1999 remake, he said, ”there’s a whole generation that’s not familiar with Thomas Crown, so I looked at this as a way to make this like a origin story and an introduction to who Thomas Crown is.”
Not only does Jordan star in Thomas Crown, but he’s directed and produced it, too, tapping the legendary Ruth E. Carter to create the costumes. (Jordan wanted the film’s clothing to feel “timeless.”)
No stranger to the red carpet, Jordan likes being pushed out of his comfort zone, especially by longtime stylist James Bolden. He’s a self-described fashion “addict,” something that probably began when he was a 12-year-old aspiring actor in Newark, New Jersey. He’s come a long way from the Omavi jeans and 4X white tees that were staples of his youth—but the Timbs remain, as seen on his Vogue cover.
Having already spent more than half his life in the limelight, Jordan told Chioma that turning 40 next year may be his sign to finally take it easy for a bit. “Honestly, I’m gonna enjoy not having a plan and not having a schedule,” he says. “I haven’t been able to do that in quite some time.”
