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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever prima Winston Duke recalled the "melancholy" acquisition of filming the sequel without Chadwick Boseman. Plus, Tenoch Huerta teased his caller quality Namor.
Black Panther 2 Stars Tease What to Expect From Sequel
According to Winston Duke, creation was imitating existent beingness connected the Black Panther 2 set.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe mislaid its Black Panther with the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman successful Aug. 2020. But helium and his quality King T'Challa's memories unrecorded connected successful the highly anticipated sequel Wakanda Forever, which premieres Nov. 11. Giving fans a sneak peek astatine the movie astatine Disney's D23 Fan Expo, Duke revealed what it was similar returning to acceptable without the precocious star.
"It was melancholy," helium exclusively told E! News connected Sept. 10. "There was a batch of joy, archetypal and foremost, to conscionable beryllium backmost and beryllium backmost with everybody and leap backmost into playing, but we missed our guy."
The sequel picks up aft the decease of T'Challa, arsenic the state of Wakanda looks to crown a caller person and caller Black Panther.
"Every day, idiosyncratic other would manifest their grief, and we'd person to travel unneurotic to assistance soothe them and instrumentality attraction of them," the 35-year-old continued. "We had to flooded this grief and make thing truly beauteous and special, and we did. I deliberation we accomplished that."
But for arsenic overmuch sadness arsenic determination was felt connected set, determination was conscionable arsenic overmuch excitement.
The movie introduces Tenoch Huerta arsenic the aquatic Namor and the underwater kingdom of Talocan, bringing caller Latinx practice into the MCU. (Think of Namor arsenic Marvel's somewhat much villainous equivalent to Aquaman.)
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Given that Namor and Black Panther are rivals successful the comics, Huerta told E! News that Wakanda Forever was the "perfect place" to bring the quality into the mix.
"This caller satellite that we research nether the water, and everything is inspired successful past cultures from the continent," the histrion shared. "And what they did—the approach, each the probe and all—not conscionable the set, but the story, the costumes, makeup, everything is truthful beautiful, truthful perfect."
Check retired the stars' afloat D23 chat with E! News successful the video above.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever premieres successful theaters Nov. 11.
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