Black Panther 2 Can Introduce A T'Challa Variant & We Know Who's Perfect
With Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soon to premiere, there's a chance a variant T'Challa could be teased and there's already a perfect actor for the role. The Black Panther debuted in 2016 in Captain America: Civil Warand the role was made famous by late actor Chadwick Boseman. Since his passing in August of 2020, Marvel Studios has announced that they will not recast the role of T'Challa.
When a viral petition urged Marvel to recast T'Challa, Marvel Studios Vice President Nate Moore was asked about the decision not to recast the role. Moore said, "You will not see T'Challa in the MCU 616 universe." Typically the 616 universe is designated for the main Marvel comic book universe. Moore likely meant the 199999 universe, which is assigned to the MCU. Nevertheless, his specific multiverse detail indicated a variant T'Challa was possible. The MCU familiarized audiences with the concept of variants with Loki and the animated What If...? series. The latter featured multiple T'Challa variants, including Star-Lord T'Challa. Black Panther 2 can introduce one of those variants.
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Marvel Studios' Phase 4 movies have endured several production delays and other issues due to Covid. Regardless, if they decide to recast T'Challa, whether in Black Panther 2 or later, the actor Y'lan Noel would be a great T'Challa variant. Although a relatively newer face in Hollywood, the actor has gained attention playing Daniel King on the hit HBO series, Insecure. In addition, Noel has shown he can handle action scenes quite well in The First Purge. When Noel was asked if he would be interested in playing the role, he responded, "In a blink of an eye! But it's up to the gods."
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