10 More Behind The Scenes Reasons For MCU Characters' Quirks

10. M'Baku's Barking

Though M’Baku appears to have a future fully on the side of the MCU heroes, after charging at Thanos to Captain America’s right and potentially taking on the Black Panther mantle in the near future, this wasn’t always the case.

In Black Panther, M’Baku was introduced as the leader of the mysterious and elusive Jabari tribe, disconnecting themselves from the rest of Wakanda. There was no love lost between he and T’Challa, but when the latter was thought to be dead, his help was still sought out.

This ultimately became one of M’Baku’s most memorable scenes in the entire movie. While conversing normally with Ramonda, Nakia, and Shuri, he took a turn as soon as Everett Ross started speaking. Immediately, the CIA man’s words were drowned out by the Jabari chief barking at him.

This purely came from Winston Duke in the moment. The actor told Empire he had been thinking of a way to intimidate Ross in his own, completely unique way, and so he gave his character this extra layer. He wanted to intimidate, and it worked.