Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has opened up about not recasting the role of T’Challa in the ‘Black Panther’ sequel ‘Wakanda Forever’ after Chadwick Boseman’s death.
00:00Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige is opening up about not recasting the role of T'Challa in the Black Panther sequel.
00:07Feige says the late Chadwick Boseman needed to be honored, not replaced, in Black Panther Wakanda Forever.
00:12Feige told Empire, it just felt like it was much too soon to recast.
00:17Stan Lee always said that Marvel represents the world outside your window.
00:21He went on to say, the world is still processing the loss of Chad, and Ryan Coogler poured that into the story.
00:26I am queen of the most powerful nation in the world, and my entire family is gone.
00:38Boseman died of colon cancer in August 2020.
00:41Marvel and the filmmakers had to then reconceive Black Panther 2, as Coogler had written a sequel starring Boseman before his untimely death.
00:48Feige said, the conversations were entirely about, yes, what do we do next?
00:53And how could the legacy of Chadwick and what he had done to help Wakanda and the Black Panther become these incredible, aspirational, iconic ideas continue?
01:02That's what it was all about.
01:03Black Panther Wakanda Forever hits theaters on November 11th.
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