Kevin Feige Reveals Why Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa Was Not Recast In ‘Wakanda Forever’: “It Was Much Too Soon”
deadline.comFollowing Chadwick Boseman’s shocking death in 2020, Marvel Studios was tasked with the decision of whether to recast his King T’Challa role in Ryan Coogler’s upcoming Black Panther sequel, Wakanda Forever, a role Boseman also had previously played in Captain America: Civil War and the Avengers films.
In an interview with Empire Magazine, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige talks about the decision to not recast the role, and instead find a way to honor Boseman along with a different approach in the sequel.“It just felt like it was much too soon to recast,” he told the magazine. “Stan Lee always said that Marvel represents the world outside your window.
And we had talked about how, as extraordinary and fantastical as our characters and stories are, there’s a relatable and human element to everything we do.
The world is still processing the loss of Chad. And Ryan poured that into the story.”Once that decision was made, Feige said “The conversations were entirely about, yes, ‘What do we do next?
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