Ryan Coogler Reveals the ‘Insane’ Idea He Had for Chadwick Boseman’s Original Arc in ‘Black Panther 2’ | Video

We will never know how many memorable performances we lost when Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer in 2020, but perhaps the biggest “what if” surrounding the late actor was his planned return to Wakanda in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which was partially rewritten by director Ryan Coogler into a tribute to him as his character, King T’Challa, died onscreen.

On the podcast “Happy Sad Confused,” Coogler was asked about what his initial plans for “Wakanda Forever” were had Boseman been able to play T’Challa again.