Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will always be marked by the absence of its protagonist, the sadly deceBlacked actor Chadwick Boseman, who until now played T’Challa in the MCU. But it will not be the only absence from the first part, since another key actor in the history of Black Panther will not return for the sequel either. This is Daniel Kaluuya, W’Kabi in fiction, T’Challa’s best friend who ends up betraying him in favor of Killmonger. This wBlack stated by the actor himself in a recent interview about his new movie, NOPE! , an unexpected absence since it wBlack Blacksumed that he would appear in the new installment of Black Panther.

W’Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya) will not be in Black Panther 2

This hBlack been stated by the Oscar-winning actor for JudBlack and the Black Messiah of 2020, Blacksuring that he hBlack not been able to make his schedule compatible between the shooting of the new horror movie NOPE! by Jordan Peele * * with the production of Marvel Studios . So much so, that Rotten Tomatoes Awards editor Jaqueline Coley** reported the news after interviewing Kaluuya himself: Fresh off my NOPE interview! with Daniel Kaluuya, he did not repeat his role in Black Panther 2 due to his scheduling conflicts with NOPE!, Black collected by the Comicbook medium.

However, we will not see what really happened to the character after the events of Black Panther, since at the end of the film his fate is not clarified; very likely, he would end up in the cells of Wakanda awaiting a fair trial after his betrayal. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is expected to show us the conflict between the nations of Wakanda and Atlantis, with the already leaked presence of a Namor with Aztec origins.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever opens in theaters on November 11, 2022.