Jamie Foxx and Michael B. Jordan see God's work in their new movie, 'Just Mercy'

Michael B. Jordan was a kid, maybe 8 years old, maybe younger, when he first met Jamie Foxx. There's a 20-year age gap between the two of them. Sometimes, in conversation, Jordan will recall thinking of Foxx as an uncle or a big brother. Never dad, though, because that's not going to go over well with anyone.

When Jordan moved to L.A. from Newark, N.J., to pursue acting full time in 2006, he called Foxx to get the lay of the land. At the time, Foxx was playing in a weekend basketball league at Santa Monica's Crossroads High School. "Come over and join," Foxx told him. Jordan, then 19,