Nakia should’ve been the next Black Panther
Letitia Wright was the wrong choice and fit for the role and mantle. She just doesn’t have leading lady gravitas. And I find it ironic she’s assuming a role based on tech and science when she’s an anti-vaxxer IRL.
Lupita, on the other hand, is leading lady material, has much better acting chops, and by many accounts a great person IRL. She would’ve been a great ambassador just like Chadwick was. Not to mention she would’ve look much better in the suit; have you seen her cake lol.
In-universe, Nakia is already skilled in combat and espionage and she is of royal blood of the River Tribe which makes her eligible for the throne. She respects the Wakandan culture and traditions more than Shuri. M’Baku would’ve had Nakia’s back no question (plus Lupita and Winston Duke worked together before so the chemistry is there). She holds the belief that Wakanda could do more to help the world due to her time as a War Dog, something T’challa came to realize throughout first movie. And she would’ve gone through the same emotions and grief as Shuri, being his lover.
It was all there on a silver platter.
Lupita, on the other hand, is leading lady material, has much better acting chops, and by many accounts a great person IRL. She would’ve been a great ambassador just like Chadwick was. Not to mention she would’ve look much better in the suit; have you seen her cake lol.
In-universe, Nakia is already skilled in combat and espionage and she is of royal blood of the River Tribe which makes her eligible for the throne. She respects the Wakandan culture and traditions more than Shuri. M’Baku would’ve had Nakia’s back no question (plus Lupita and Winston Duke worked together before so the chemistry is there). She holds the belief that Wakanda could do more to help the world due to her time as a War Dog, something T’challa came to realize throughout first movie. And she would’ve gone through the same emotions and grief as Shuri, being his lover.
It was all there on a silver platter.
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Probably some weird fish monster themed that Nakai would find insufferable
I could be mistaken but if I had to guess, I think Lupita Nyongos didn't want to be held down by a long term contracts for multiple films. Obviously it's not like she'd be in every other film, but she probably wants the option to go elsewhere if she needs. I'm assuming her schedule is the reason she didn't appear in Infinity War or Endgame.
She was offered many slave roles after 12 Years a Slave, and she didn’t wanted to be typecasted so she did Star Wars and BP, to also showcase black women be in powerful, multidimentional roles.
1. MBJ
2. Lupita
3. Winston Duke
4. Yahya Mateen (pre-Wonder Man)
5. Aldis Hodge
He would come into this universe, and experience tons of hate and wary looks because of what his counterpart here did. He could basically be his universe’s Tchalla and the roles were switched, so he was good and benevolent while Tchalla was the one calling for the global race war.
But, people would only see his appearance and immediately either not trust him, or actively attack him openly.
A very “sins of the father” type of character. He’s trying to make amends for what his counterpart did here, but even with all the good he does now, he can’t escape that distrust of him because of his appearance.
It fits so well with some of the themes from the first move like race relations and fits well with many current racial matters today, that no matter what good somebody does, some people will simply still hate them because of their appearance.
Fuck I want this so bad now..
The cast could mourn on screen and we get a new T'Challa for the third movie.
Namor emerges because he realized its now impossible for civilizations like Atlantis and Wakanda to stay hidden.
And then make it about M'Baku, would love a movie focused on him.
^(Black Panther)
# WAKANDA FORVER
*Alright, here's your $500m budget, go nuts, if you're ever stuck with the writing here's Waititi's private number*
The movie, however, was dull for large portions because they spent an hour mourning tchalla
Namor emerges because he realized its now impossible for civilizations like Atlantis and Wakanda to stay hidden.
Like in Brave New World, you really only see Harrison Ford instead of Ross. Rhody has had enough time to come into his own as well, but even then it feels like that character never got off as well. Even Fast and Furious movies not killing off Paul Walker/Brian, just to make it seem weird of like “oh yeah! Brian is just over there off screen supporting us”
They chose a route that made logical sense after the loss of their lead, and the movie turned out really well imo.
They are essentially taking the long route to recasting T’Challa via his son, also named T’Challa. I think the dynastic progression of the title will be very cool in retrospect if the MCU lasts long enough to achieve this.
I don’t imagine Shuri will remain BP past Secret Wars.
Not de-facto, but arguably.
They seamlessly recast major and minor characters multiple times already (Rhodey, Banner, Red Skull cameo, Fandral, Cassie Lang, Ross later), it wouldn't have been unprecedented, and there was no *story* reason for T'Challa to die other than that the actor died.
You could very easily have had a touching out-of-character tribute to Boseman and done an actor switch in the movie, rather than writing an entire movie about the mantle passing.
They knew Chadwick personally.
We do not, and never will. We must accept this decision.
There guys, I fixed it. Marvel should hire me
M’Baku even says “Glory to Hanuman” before the fight.
Being the Black Panther is mantle given to the head of the Panther cult.
M Jordan would kill it in the role.
You have to follow the Bast, the Panther godsess to be Black Panther, Mbaku follows the Ape God
Flops as often as not, that's what I said
After Secret Wars resets the timeline and soft-reboots the MCU, I have no doubt that they will cast a new T’Challa, which is what they should’ve done from the start.
But if they continue making BP movies with Letitia as the lead, I just don’t see them getting the same success. I’ve seen absolutely zero hype online about her upcoming appearance in Avengers and no one ever thinks of Letitia Wright when they think of the Black Panther character.
Chadwick was too talented and too iconic, he EASILY overshadows her - sorry to say it - fairly average acting ability and charisma. Letitia Wright is not “face of the franchise” worthy.
BP 2 literally introduced T’Challa’s son, so I think Marvel knew even at the time that Shuri as BP was a temporary solution and they’d eventually introduce T’Challa’s son to take over the mantle.
If there’s anything to hate about the movie, it was that it juggled wayyyy too many characters. The amount of Ironheart, Dora Milaje, CIA people, etc really distracted from the core cast that actually mattered: Shuri, Queen Ramonda, Namor, and to a lesser extent M’Baku (as a foil to Shuri) and Nakia (because of her role in the plot and the T’Challa Jr. payoff).
I care that she's not that great of an actress. I think she's perfectly suitable for a supporting role, but doesn't have enough screen presence to be a lead compared to Lupita Nyongo or Danai Gurira.
They should just Recast T'challa
The whole franchise suffered as a result of not doing that
She made an interesting BP and would like to see more of her before they inevitably cast her story aside for a male successor.
Before the cliched "we take the high road" ending, her grappling with atheism/faith/nihilism/grief/revenge/anger was one of the realest parts of the mcu so far.
Nakia is good as Lone wolf unattached to the duties of the BP.
Also heard some rumors about Damson Idris.
I didn’t know the man of course but he clearly knew how important the character was to fans around the world and how important his legacy was.
I truly truly believe Chadwick would’ve wanted them to recast and let another actor take the mantle for the next generation.
And yes, I prefer a recast over Nakia being BP. But with the story of T’challa dying being told, I prefer Lupita/Nakia taking the mantle… even though it makes more sense in-universe and it’s happened in the comics that Shuri took it. Letitia just doesn’t have it in her.
I feel like, if recasting, doing it that immediately would’ve been in poor taste considering Black Panther itself is a mantle, Black actors are seen as disposable or replaceable in hollywood in general, the cast and crew itself were in mourning… He’s going to be the one known for popularizing the character — that’s something you can’t take away imo when so many kids recognized him as the first black super hero they had seen in a super hero movie they could actually go to theaters and see.
TBH I like what we got and wouldn’t change it — except some of the final act 🤷🏻♂️.
Well, that selflessness is partly why I understand why he wasnt, its paradoxical I know, but still.
Imagine having to follow that up as an actor too
Would be much better for the legacy of the character Chadwick obviously poured so much love into and brought to life, rather than have him lamely die from a cough...
BP and M'baku are super enemies to each other, never friends in the comics. And in IW, we have them calling each other brothers.
https://tenor.com/view/thicc-thicker-than-bowl-of-gif-7680644
Also, it’s heavily rumor that they’re going to recast Tchalla or bring another one from the multiverse so just give it a few years. Jeez