In full promotion of Sinnersdirector Ryan Coogler returned to the involvement of Chadwick Boseman on black Pantherwho scared Disney.
With Creed et Black Panther, Ryan Coogler has become a new major voice of American cinema. The one who started his career with Fruitvale Station is now in the big leagues, and wishes to put an African-American culture at the center of the equation still too invisible.
His new film, Sinnershas this ambition by reinventing the vampire film in the southern United States at the beginning of the 20th century, where the alienation of the monster seems to connect to a systemic racism. But before that, Coogler made Black Panther An obvious cultural phenomenonnot only by staging one of the first black superheroes (even if Blade had passed there), but also by kissing an aesthetic that did not want to westernize the Wakanda, despite the worries of the studio. Obviously, some choices have not always been easy to defend.
The panther against the mouse
A travers Black Pantherwe necessarily think of its interpreter Chadwick Boseman. In 2020, the actor died of colon cancer at only 43 years old. The strength of his embodiment of Téchalla was such that Marvel could not resolve to re -cut the actor. The real rather joined fiction, killing the character at the start of Black Panther 2 : Wakanda Forever.
During an interview with the program The Breakfast Club (of People), Coogler focused on the exemplary work ethics of Bosemanwho made the actor a mentor for the director and for some of his playmates, starting with Michael B. Jordan. According to coogler, Boseman imitated himself as much as possible in his character. He is, among others, the one who proposed the pronounced African accent of Téchalla, which he kept from morning to evening on the set, in order to be ready for each catch. An approach that would have disrupted Disney pundits.
“Disney executives came to the Black Panther set during the second week of filming. They took me apart to tell me about T’Challa’s accent because it was freaking out [que Chadwick l’utilise en permanence]. I said to them, ‘Don’t be afraid. He only does his job. He doesn’t stop as long as we haven’t finished the day ‘. There is no shame in having in there. »»
Coogler presents the anecdote as fun, and as a sign of the absolute involvement of the actor, whose method could surprise some. For the director, this requirement has greatly motivated Michael B. Jordan on Sinnerswhich embodies two twin brothers with different behaviors. The film will be available in French theaters from April 16.
