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Tension On Black Panther Set; Chadwick Boseman Reportedly A Difficult Star To Work With


There might be a lot of excitement building up over Black Panther now that Marvel's dropped the very first teaser for Chadwick Boseman's feature film as the King of Wakanda, however it seems like there might be some trouble in production.

While the Black Panther teaser has been met with optimism in the form of 89 million views in its first day online, a new report by Heat Street reveals that not all may be well behind the scenes. According to the site, a source has revealed that there has been a lot of tension in the Black Panther production not seen in previous Marvel movies.

"There was more tension on the set of Black Panther than on any Marvel movie I've worked on previously," the source revealed. "The Black Panther cast is predominantly African-American which of course suits the material. But in addition to the performers in the movie, Marvel and Disney also took the decision to ensure there were black staffers high up in every department of the Black Panther crew.

"This affirmative action policy might be fine in theory but unfortunately in practice a certain level of stress existed between new members of the crew and some Marvel veterans.

"The tension wasn't ever about race. It was more over decisions relating to the day-to-day filming process and the shooting of action sequences in the movie."

Apparently Black Panther director Ryan Coogler had brought a group of people of color the official Marvel press release has described as his own "creative brain trust" like costume designer Ruth E. Carter, co-writer Joe Robert Cole and production designer Hannah Beachler. While this is perfectly fine, it seems like the production is taking time to adjust to the new crewmembers added to the team.

"Ryan Coogler really knows what he's doing and hopefully the movie will turn out great. But things weren't helped by the fact that Chadwick Boseman kept behaving like a difficult star throughout shooting and was far more demanding and exacting in how he behaved to the crew than previous Marvel leading men. "

While this revelation is pretty much unconfirmed, we seriously hope that this tension doesn't affect the production of the film. Everyone's geared up to see Black Panther and everyone's hoping that the team can deliver the film people want to see.

Black Panther claws its way to cinemas on February 16, 2018.

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