Chadwick Boseman's untimely death in 2020 shook the foundation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to its very core, altering the entire course of the billion-dollar franchise.
The late actor, who starred as T'Challa aka Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame quickly cemented his place as the next MCU hero to be on the lookout for and it turns out that Marvel Studios had big plans for the award-winning star.
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Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa Originally Marvel's Top Choice to Replace Captain America as Avengers Leader
According to a bombshell report from Joanna Robinson, co-author of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, Marvel Studios already had actors in mind who would takeover the franchise from the "big three" Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Chris Hemsworth and they were Tom Holland, Brie Larson, and Boseman himself.
Robinson said during an interview with The Watch podcast: "[Chadwick Boseman] told me the story about how on the set of Endgame, he and Brie Larson and Tom Holland sat around and talked about how they were the future of Marvel and how exciting that was for them. [Then] you look at the breakdown between the Sony-Marvel deal over Spider-Man,…you look at Chad Boseman passing away, and you look at Brie Larson either not being a great fit or just, you know, being damaged by toxic fandom…so many factors… came into play that sort of knocked their plan out under them."
X insider @CanWeGetToast confirmed Robinson's claims, saying that Black Panther would have served as Captain America's replacement and lead the Avengers post-Infinity Saga, while Spider-Man and Captain Marvel would fill in permanently for Iron Man and Thor respectively.
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As it stands, we don't know if Kevin Feige still has plans to pass the torch to the next generation of MCU heroes, especially with rumors swirling around just recently that the franchise is set for a massive reboot. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how everything plays out.
Meanwhile, the second season of Loki is now streaming on Disney+.
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