Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter during the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever red carpet premiere, Marvel Casting Director Sarah Halley Finn finally answers the long-running debate about the character’s recast. Finn revealed that she fully agreed with the decision of Kevin Feige and director Ryan Coogler that T’Challa should not be recast. Here’s why:
Granted that Boseman’s T’Challa is irreplaceable, this becomes a groundbreaking transition for the people of Wakanda to defend their land with or without a hero. Black Panther 2 is set to encounter its upcoming villain, Namor, played by Tenoch Huerta, who aims to protect his own kingdom underwater from the people on the surface.
The Black Panther sequel is set to be even more emotional now with T’Challa’s funeral in the picture. The trailer revealed Wakanda setting up a proper funeral for T’Challa and in honor of his might and courage in protecting his people while he was still canonically alive, the sequel’s designer chose to have the cast wear white, which “connects us to Chadwick, to T’Challa.”
Black Panther 2 is set to premiere on November 11. Also Read: Black Panther 2: Lupita Nyong’o Defends the Decision of Not Recasting T’Challa
