Leaked Black Panther Casting Call Reveals Every Key Character
Man Ape, White Wolf and Malice all set to appear?
Thanks to what appears to be a leaked casting call for Black Panther, we now have a fairly good idea of the characters we can expect to see in Ryan Coogler's upcoming MCU project.
We already know that Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa will return, along with Michael B Jordan and Lupita Nyong'o in so far unspecified roles. But now the casting call has some hints as to who the pair might be playing along with "confirmation" that Andy Serkis is indeed returning as Ulysses Klaue along with Martin Freeman's Everett Ross.
The leak comes courtesy of moviecastingcall.org, and reveals that the following characters are to be involved:
ULYSSES KLAW (played by Andy Serkis) Murderer and betrayer of TChaka and personal archenemy of TChalla. A powerhouse with near-absolute control of sound.
MONICA LYNNE A singer who saved TChalla from drowning after being bested by Killmonger. His longest love interest, whom he pledged eternal devotion towards.
EVERETT K. ROSS A United States State Department employee, whose job was to escort foreign diplomats on American soil. His world changed forever when he was assigned to TChalla, the Black Panther, the ruler of Wakanda.
NGASSI Adviser to TChalla, acting regent when he goes away on missions
OKOYE One of the former Dora Milaje, a ceremonial betrothed/bodyguard of TChalla. Okoye is of the JKuwali tribe and acted as a traditional, proper concomitant to the king, speaking only to the king and only in Hausa, an African dialect not widely spoken in Wakanda and thus affording the king and his wives a measure of privacy.
QUEEN DIVINE JUSTICE The street-smart queen of the Jabari tribe of Wakanda raised in Chicago, and former Dora Milaje (ceremonial betrothed/bodyguard) of TChalla. She originally went by the name Chant Giovanni Brown.
WKABI TChallas competent second-in-command, completely loyal to his liege.
ZURI A grumpy and gigantic elderly warrior. A close friend of the late TChaka, and one of TChallas most trusted advisers.
ACHEBE/REVERAND ACHEBE A poor farmer somewhere in South Africa, Achebe sold his soul to the demon Mephisto. He is portrayed as a grinning, unpredictable, lunatic, warrior-mystic, regularly talking to his hand-puppet Daki with delusions that its truly alive, and engineering complex plots of social unrest for profit or entertainment.
ERIK KILLMONGER A powerful warrior and strategic genius in politics and economics.
MALICE Wakandan Mutate with superhuman strength, speed, and agility. She is a former Dora Milaje (ceremonial betrothed/bodyguard) of TChalla.
MAN-APE Ruler of the Jabari Tribe a recognized micronation within Wakandas borders. MBaku was Wakandas greatest warrior second only to the Black Panther. He plotted to usurp the throne with the help of the outlawed White Gorilla cult who were ancient rivals of the Black Panther cult, which basically made them heretics since Panther worship is the state religion. Founding member of the Pan African Congress on the Treatment of Superhumans.
WHITE WOLF TChallas adopted elder brother and the former leader of the Hatut Zeraze, the espionage elite police of Wakanda. Exiled by TChalla, due to using torture and assassinations in his zeal to root out potential threats to national security.
The only issue here is that the casting call erroneously names Klaue "Klaw" and mention him as the murderer of T'Chaka. While that's true in the comics, clearly it isn't in the MCU, so that throws a little doubt at the call's authenticity.
Michael B Jordan is said to be playing a villain, and if this is a legitimate look at the cast, he's got a number of options. He could be Achebe, Erik Killmonger, Man Ape or White Wolf, though Killmonger - an insurgent rival to the Wakandan throne - would be the best.
From that list, it seem most likely that Nyong'o will be playing Monica Lynne, the love interest of Black Panther from the comics, and very much a replacement for Ororo Munroe.
What do you think of this casting call? Are there too many villains? Who would you like to see play the rest of the cast? Share your responses below in the comments thread.