Tenoch Huerta, who plays Namor the Sub-Mariner in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, teases that the film will humanize his character. Wakanda Forever is the direct sequel to Marvel's 2018 film Black Panther, which starred Chadwick Boseman in the title role. After Boseman's death in August 2020, the sequel was re-worked to replace Boseman's Black Panther with a female iteration of the hero instead. Wakanda Forever will premiere in theaters on November 11.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Huerta was revealed to be playing Namor, the film's antagonist, at San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year, where he briefly appeared in the Wakanda Forever trailer. Since then, there has been fervent debate about Namor's introduction to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as the character plays a major role in the comics. In the film, Namor is the king of Talokan, an underwater civilization akin to Atlantis.
"It is tricky when you have a character like this, because you're the antagonist. You are gonna destroy something that is valuable, not just in the story—but the people outside. A lot of people feel identification with Wakanda. I include myself in Wakanda, and the narrative and the representation and everything. Now I have to play the bad guy who destroys, or tries to destroy, that legacy.
How Black Panther & Namor Are Similar Similarly to the villain of the first Black Panther film, Erik Killmonger, Wakanda Forever wants to make its antagonist's motivations understood by the audience. Killmonger, played by Michael B. Jordan, went down in MCU history for being one of the first major antagonists to garner sympathy, as Killmonger's motives and rage were well-justified.
Judging by Huerta's vague but enlightening comments, Namor will also be grieving the death of a loved one and that grief will drive his decision to attack Wakanda, creating a parallel with the Wakandans who are also grieving over the loss of T'Challa. It also creates a similarity between the new Black Panther and Namor as they will both be reacting to loss.
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