It’s not the first time Boseman played the Black Panther, though.
Two years earlier, inCaptain America: Civil War, audiences got an awe-inspiring glimpse of the superhero.
Working with heavyweightsKevin CostnerandIvan Reitmanhelped prepare him for how much his life was about to change in Hollywood.
T’Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country’s past.
The same yearDraft Daycame out, we also got Marvel’sGuardians of the Galaxy.
There, it was mentioned thatChadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong’oaudtioned for Drax and Gamora respectively.
It’s something Boseman elaborated on during a 2019 interview onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
For one, he has the build.
Bautista, however, was jacked to the gills from his wrestling days in WWE.
He was also ideal for Drax’s menacing but unintentionally hilarious personality.
In 2021, he toldIGNthat he was broke, having not worked in three years.
He had just foreclosed on his house when cast inGuardians of the Galaxy.
But it did, it changed my life.
It gave me a life."
That will never die.
Black Pantheris available to stream on Disney+ in the U.S.
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