Michael B. Jordan Addresses Killmonger's Possible Return To The MCU
Black Panther gave fans one of the MCU's most three-dimensional villains in Erik Killmonger, the former U.S. Navy SEAL (played by Michael B. Jordan) who seeks to overthrow his cousin T'Challa. With Black Panther: Wakanda Forever releasing this year and fans still hoping for the return of Killmonger to the MCU, Jordan has now opened up about that possibility.
Since his role in Black Panther, fans have seen plenty of Jordan on the big screen in several projects. Recently, Jordan starred in A Journal for Jordan, and he is also starring (and directing) as Adonis Creed yet again in the upcoming boxing sequel Creed 3, which is set for a November 2022 release.
Michael B. Jordan Believes Killmonger Is Not A Villain
While promoting his new film A Journal for Jordan, Jordan spoke with MTV UK about whether he would be open to returning to the MCU for future projects. «It's a character in a world that I love so much,» Jordan said. «Who knows? As we all know, Marvel has their plans and their things and, you know, how things are gonna shake out.»
Other than Jordan's work in Black Panther, he also reprised his role as Killmonger (voicing the character in two episodes) in Marvel Studios' What If...? for Disney Plus, an animated series exploring alternate timelines in the multiverse. And now with Andrew Garfield able to keep his role in Spider-Man: No Way Home a secret for many months before the film's theatrical release, there is definitely a possibility that Jordan is doing the same, perhaps for a cameo in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. With so many multiverse storylines occuring in Marvel Studios' Phase 4 projects, it is certainly possible for Killmonger to find his way back into the MCU in some form.
As for the Black Panther sequel, it
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