Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said it would've been "too soon" to recast the role of T'Challa after the death of Chadwick Boseman.
The late actor Chadwick Boseman received a Creative Emmy Award on Saturday for his voiceover role as T'Challa in the Marvel animated anthology series "What If..?" His widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted on his behalf at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
Though Moore admits that the studio did consider recasting the role of T'Challa, they ultimately decided against it.
The Chadwick A. Boseman Memorial Scholarship has been officially established at Howard University, thanks to a generous gift from Netflix. It will be awarded to students of the College of Fine Arts who show great talent and have financial hardship.
Boseman's final appearance as King T'Challa AKA The Black Panther took place in Disney Plus' new What If...? series, and fans are celebrating the moment on social media.
Chadwick Boseman shines as T'Challa one last time.
Black Panther officially moves on without Chadwick Boseman.
The late Chadwick Boseman captivated audiences with his work on the motion picture screen, portraying powerful figures such as James Brown, Thurgood Marshall, and Jackie Robinson and of course Marvel's Black Panther. But to all who knew him, he was a proud alumni of Howard University first, even taking part in protests against the school's consolidation of the fine arts college in 1997 as a sophomore.
While many wondered viewers choked up when Chadwick Boseman's likeness appeared during the customary "In Memoriam" segment, many were upset that King T'Challa didn't win the "Best Actor" award that night.
Winning big were Viola Davis, Daniel Kaluuya, and the late Chadwick Boseman among many this past Sunday (April 4).
The late actor won a posthumous Golden Globe Award for his role in director George C. Wolfe's Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. His wife, Taylor Simone Ledward, tearfully accepted the award on his behalf.
Boseman passed away this year after battling colon cancer.
