This story on Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan from “Black Panther” is drawn from an interview conducted for the cover story of the January issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine.
In “Black Panther,” the characters played by Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan both vie for the throne of the fictional African country of Wakanda. Boseman’s character, T’Challa, becomes king early in the film, but Jordan’s Erik Killmonger shows up with his own claim to the crown, and defeats T’Challa to take over.
Strangely, Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster hit film does not mark the first time that Jordan has succeeded Boseman in a position. While the two men never worked together prior to making “Black Panther,” they both appeared in the ABC soap opera “All My Children” back in 2003 — and they played the same character, with Jordan taking over when Boseman was fired for complaining...
In “Black Panther,” the characters played by Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan both vie for the throne of the fictional African country of Wakanda. Boseman’s character, T’Challa, becomes king early in the film, but Jordan’s Erik Killmonger shows up with his own claim to the crown, and defeats T’Challa to take over.
Strangely, Ryan Coogler’s blockbuster hit film does not mark the first time that Jordan has succeeded Boseman in a position. While the two men never worked together prior to making “Black Panther,” they both appeared in the ABC soap opera “All My Children” back in 2003 — and they played the same character, with Jordan taking over when Boseman was fired for complaining...
- 1/2/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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