Casting Marvel's 10 Next Superhero Movies

5. Black Panther €“ Peter Mensah

Mensah Panther Black Panther is an incredibly smart man who is also extremely physically fit, because apparently some people have all the luck. Of course, all superheroes are like this to some degree, as befitting their status, but aside from Tony Stark, it appears as if Black Panther aka T€™Chalia aka Luke Charles might just be the smartest man in the room. This requires a certain level of finesse in casting €“ you have to bring in a man who€™s not only as physically imposing as an Olympian, you also have to make sure there€™s an air of intelligence to him as well. Sadly, this rules out The Rock, who might€™ve been awesome (hell, the Rock€™s awesome as anything). On the balance of these probabilities, I€™d offer Peter Mensah the part. You may remember him as the guy Gerard Butler Sparta-kicks down a well in 300, but to some of us he€™s also known as one of the most bitchingly awesome characters ever committed to the small screen €“ Oenomaus, the Doctore in the Spartacus series. For those of you who haven€™t seen any Spartacus, go watch some Spartacus. Seriously, I€™ll wait €“ you owe it to yourself to watch porn and violence with some oddly brilliant actorly performances. It€™s what happens when you chuck three 14-year-old boys and Shakespeare into a room together, and it€™s fantastic. For me, the MVP of that series was Mensah, who puts on a terrifically layered performance. He€™s simply all sorts of brilliant €“€“ calm and composed in a eloquent-but-furious way and always the wisest man in the room, I think such mannerisms would make for a perfect Black Panther. Of course, it doesn€™t hurt that he€™s built like a god either, and If for nothing else, someone needs to put his cod-British accent in a Marvel film €“ it€™s like a picnic in your eardrums.
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