United Kingdom, April 8 -- Ryan Coogler convinced Michael B. Jordan that he had "movie star" potential.

The 38-year-old actor has frequently worked with Ryan over the last decade, and the acclaimed director has played an important role in Michael's success.

The Hollywood star - who has worked with Ryan on a host of projects, including 'Creed', 'Black Panther' and 'Sinners' - told 'Extra': "It's extremely important to me . I feel like, at a time, earlier in my career when I was figuring out what type of actor I wanted to be, lead actor, you know, like where do I stand in entertainment industry? Only been a part of ensembles and in this nature, never opened a movie before, never been a lead of a film before, so I was searching for that an...