AVEITWITHJAMON
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Yeah that trailer made me go from little interest in this to very interested.
True. So much on his plate making this. Hopefully the result makes it worth all that hard work.Regardless of the outcome, it's crazy all the stuff Coogler had to face here.
If losing a friend wasn't enough, he had to rewrite the scripts, address Boseman's death, shoot the movie during the pandemic, face delays and actors injuries, the grief of his and the cast, while introducing new characters and expanding the MCU, and closing phase 4.
A lot of respect for this guy, regardless of the outcome.
We see Shuri caught up in the flooding of Wakanda. It is likely that she is presumed dead.Ramonda: "MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS GONE!!!"
Shuri:
BINGO!Recasting would not allow the same catharsis for the cast and audience.
After seeing the trailer, it's clear.
Plus acknowledging Chadwick's passing makes this movie much more special.
Lastly, Chadwick is irreplaceable. It would be jarring to see another actor pretending to be him.
In regards to the recasting or not re-casting of Chadwick Boseman, I was a bit unsure about how I thought about the whole situation, until I saw this video from Variety with Danai Gurira, particularly at the end:
Because of the genuine emotion the cast were feeling when filming this movie, recasting the role of T’Challa and having all of the cast act against a new actor as if nothing had happened in real life would feel emotionally false. Yes, I know they are professionals, and could conceivably fake it very well. But, even if they were able to hide that for the movie, you would still be able to tell and feel the disconnect between their performances and how they actually feel in real life, and it just wouldn’t sit right.
It’s one thing to just act in a film normally, but it’s another to try and act in a film in the wake of an unbearable tragedy of losing someone really close and so vital and important to the film. The emotions all of the actors are feeling are too strong and raw to just stuff away. No matter how much you try to disguise it, you can still subconsciously sense it. Trying to go against that would be such a Sisyphean task for the actors to overcome, and would negatively affect their performances, because they would be constantly thinking of and distracted by what actually happened, and not putting their whole heart into their roles. Instead of pushing the real life and emotional component to the side, they decided to lean into and fully embrace it, and I think the film, and especially the performances, will be much stronger for it.
I mean, going by the dozens of strong emotional reactions I’ve watched of people reacting to this trailer, I’d say that they’re going the right route with this, or rather, as right as they can in the face of a terrible situation like this.
I was saying before, it was a hard decision to make but I think ultimately Disney made the right call in not recasting. Consider what Boseman went through while playing T'Challa: being in pain from his cancer, going to treatments, all the while still fulfilling his contractual obligations and traveling to promote these movies... that would've been disrespectful to his memory to just put someone else in the role and call him the new Black Panther.
And then for the people saying they should've recast, that's a very big risk that I'm grateful they didn't take. If they had to pick the wrong person to be this character and have him acting within this established cast, it would be jarring and social media would've viciously eaten that person alive.
I say all that to say, this film seems like it's heading in the right direction.
I've always had the stance that they should recast...just not in this movie. Have T'challa just not be present for the film's events. Come up with a reason he cannot be here. Then in the 3rd BP movie he comes back but recast. I very much respect Marvel's decision and I think its heartening that they're honoring Boseman in this way so I dont have a problem with it but...ultimately I think we need to have T'Challa back in the MCU in the future.
We see Shuri caught up in the flooding of Wakanda. It is likely that she is presumed dead.
Ramonda: "MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS GONE!!!"
Shuri:
Hey Kane, could you Gif some Namor shots?Ramonda: "MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS GONE!!!"
Shuri: