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Reginald Hudlin Talks Black Panther Movie |
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Thursday, 20 January 2011 10:03 |
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On faithfulness to the comics:
I'd love for it to happen since I've been chasing the character for quite some time. When I first came to Hollywood the film was already in development, and I read some scripts about Black Panther that were just terrible. There was one where he was an African-American who grew up in the housing projects and had no idea about his incredible heritage. I went to the studio and said, 'Whether I'm involved in the picture or not,' that (script) is wrong. That's just evil. You can't tell his story that way.' That may not have been politically the best thing to say, but I felt it needed to be said. The good thing is now, the character is in Marvel's hands, they're making the decisions, and they're going to be a lot more faithful to the character."
On casting Djimon Hounsou (who voices the character on the |
