With three big budget movies on the horizon,Jonathan Majorshas been so busy that he’s barely had enough time to sleep — let alone notice the Internet’s interest in the actor’s chiseledMen’s Healthcover.
“I’ve always worked out, I’ve always trained,” he says. “I come from an athletic background, and it just so happens that the roles [I’m playing], I felt they required a certain amount of physicality to just up the ante.“The actor admits that he hasn’t yet given himself a break with the intense workouts.
“I’ve been keeping it up. Those films are shot and done, and we’re okay,” he says. “I could have rested on my laurels probably three months ago when we finished the last picture, but it isn’t the case.“Majors is finally getting to enjoy some downtime between projects.
“The past two days I’ve probably gotten more sleep than I’ve gotten in I don’t know, five years?” he says. “I feel calm. My engine’s not running hot. I feel really focused because of the way the films are running out. I’m feeling good.”
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Regarding his latest film,Devotion, in which he plays the Navy’s first Black aviator Jesse L. Brown, Majors says it has been an honor paying tribute to the heroic pilot and meeting members of the military and Brown’s family.
“The spirit of Jesse was with me. I felt closest to him in those moments I flew in the warbirds,” Majors says. “The impact of the gentlemen and ladies who have served, who are feeling [the film] and feeling seen, is surreal.“The actor also had a memorable encounter with Brown’s daughter Pamela, who was 1 when her father died in combat during the Korean War.
“She was on set one day. I’m in my full on gear, and she comes up to me, grabs my face and says, ‘I feel like this is the first time I’ve seen my daddy,'” he recalls. “And I just lost it. Your face gets hot, and I just thought, ‘Wow.’ I wasn’t doing anything, except for trying to serve the spirit of Jesse Brown, and tell this story. For her to say that and at hold my face in her hands, and say that to me, it meant a lot.”
Majors’ experience flying in real planes for the film’s flight sequences also left a memorable impression and the actor says he is pursuing his pilot’s license, following in the footsteps of hiscostar Glen Powell.
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source: people.com
