Black Pantherdirector,Ryan Coogler,says thatChadwick Boseman, the actor who played the king of Wakanda, T’Challa, also known as Black Panther, found a way to stay in character throughout the production of the 2018 movie. Not only was Boseman fully committed to the role, but he also tried to maintain the African accent of his character. For some reason, this apparently freaked out the Disney executives, who would sometimes head to the set to supervise the shooting, and found it weird for the actor to continue to talk with his character’s accent when the cameras were off.
Coogler spoke about Boseman when appearing on “The Breakfast Club,” the radio show hosted by Charlamagne tha God and others. He’s also promoting his most recent film,Sinners, in which he reunites with Michael B. Jordan after working together in various franchises like theMCUandCreed. When speaking about the late Boseman, he highlighted the actor’s legacy and the influence he had on both him and Jordan. “He was a fully baked man from the South. He was an old school man’s man and compared to that dude when we worked together bro, me and Mike was kids,” said Coogler when describing the impact ofBoseman’s craft. He continues:
“Out of all of my actors, Chad’s death actually hit Mike [Jordan] the hardest. He was the kind of teacher who you never knew you was getting a lesson when he taught. It was all by example and what he gave me and Michael was patience.”
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The director, who was only able to work with Boseman inBlack Panther, also mentioned how the actor, who passed away from cancer complications in 2020, influenced them all with his incredible work ethic and commitment. This included talking with an African accent throughout the production of the Marvel Studios movie:
“He moved at an old-school pace, and he took his time [but] he was always early. He was that type of dude. And Mike will tell you this. I told him man, I said, ‘Hey bro, what would Chad do in this role? If he had this role, what would he do?’ Because Chad never broke action.
He was talking in an African accent. I remember the Disney executives came and seen us on [Black] Panther, and it was like week two, and he pulled up, and it was T’Challa’s accent. They was freaked out, and I was like, ‘Don’t be freaked out, he working man. He don’t turn it off till we wrap.’ No shame, no embarrassment. That’s how he was moving.”
‘Black Panther 3’ Is Coming, but Will T’Challa Be Recast?
During the interview, Coogler was able to segue into another subject when asked about a T’Challa recast for the future of the MCU. The director responded with a “we’ll talk about that next time,” but the host was clever in mentioning the multiverse as a way to recast the character without breaking the logic. Coogler just smirked at the idea.
By this point,Black Panther 3is an inevitable sequel in the future of the franchise, but this doesn’t mean that T’Challahasto bebrought back as a characterby being recast.Black Panther: Wakanda Foreverworked, with Letitia Wright’s Shuri playing a great lead in what some predicted would be a total failure. Who is to say it can’t work again?
Source:The Breakfast Club (YouTube)
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