We spoke to BlackPantherWakandaForever director Ryan Coogler about how Chadwick Boseman's legacy was honored on set and why Namor's origins were changed:
Ryan Coogler continues the story of Wakanda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which debuts in theaters on Friday November 11. The highly anticipated sequel went through major rewrites following the death of Chadwick Boseman in 2020, incorporating the passing of his character, T’Challa, into the script. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever brings the legacy of Boseman and T’Challa to the forefront as the characters grieve the loss.
Ryan Coogler: Easy. One of the first meetings I had right in pre-production, my AD Don Sparks, who was not with us on the first Black Panther—you had the great Lisa Satriano on that one. But I worked with Donald on Creed when we were in Philadelphia, and Don's a Black man. We jump on this meeting, and it's me and a producer and a couple of other folks, and the first thing he said is, "Hey, I'm working on this call sheet.
Can you talk to me about the difference between Namor and Shuri as leaders and protectors of their nation? Wisdom is a powerful thing. She's also dealing with wisdom from her mother, and I think that made the film very interesting. And that's a big difference between them. Namor's lived a lot more life than she has and has been less protected than she has been. Talokan is, in many ways, more exposed than Wakanda is, even though the world knows about Wakanda. It's this idea of vulnerability and what that can mean.
I dug Aquaman and really loved Disney's Atlantis that came out when we were younger. And I wanted to make something that could stand in a cinematic pantheon beside those films and be different, but still truthful. We were after something that felt truthful, and real, and we can take a deep cultural dive [with]. That felt like it was on theme, felt like they belonged in a world with Wakanda that was believable, but also felt like myth; felt like people could see themselves in it.
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