The premature passing of the late but great Chadwick Boseman has cast a cloud over the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever since the news broke, and also created challenges for Marvel’s Avengers’ upcoming War for Wakanda expansion. Now, it’s been confirmed that Christopher Judge – famous for his role as Kratos in God of War – will voice King T’Challa in next month’s add-on.
“I turned it down straight away,” Judge told EW. “There's many Black Panthers, but I really didn't believe that anyone should ever do T'Challa again [after Boseman]. The actual talks proceeded and, basically, I wound up doing it because my mother and my children said if I didn't do it, they would disown me.”
He continued: “To be quite honest, I was fearful of being compared to what Chadwick had so wonderfully done. The only way I could really wrap my head around it was to not even attempt a voice match, to let my performance stand on its own. I put all that into it and hopefully people like it.” Unsurprisingly, developer Crystal Dynamics has also been eager to put its own stamp the mythology.
The story slots into the overarching plot of Marvel’s Avengers, with Wakanda closed off from the rest of the world following the events of A-Day. However, the haven is infiltrated by Ulysses Klaw when AIM overlord Monica Rappaccini hires him to procure vibranium. Curiously, his sonic technology – designed to make vibranium vulnerable – is also causing corruption.
T’Challa will be older and more seasoned in this story, having served as Wakanda’s king for quite some time. And the DLC as a whole will be fairly comprehensive, bringing the overall breadth of single player story content in Marvel’s Avengers to more than 25 hours. Crystal Dynamics is poised to share more on Twitch this week, so hopefully a new trailer and release date is right around the corner.
[source ew.com]
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Must be hard to play that part after everything with Chadwick Boseman. I really wouldn’t want to be the person trying to redefine that role.
Wait.. his mom and his kids would take offence if he didn't do it? Like @nessisonett said, the pressure being put on him to be the new black panther must be huge. I wouldn't take it either.
I hope it turns out well. I really like Christopher Judge.
Ike Amadi would have been good for this role.
Chris Judge went from from thinking video games are where careers go to die, to having his own career revived by them. That's both poetic and hilarious.
He's a great choice for Black Panther, I know he's going to crush it.
Wakanda Forever
Jaffa Kree!! This should be interesting Indeed!
Tough shoes to fill. But luckily DLC for a game most people dropped from shouldn't be as much pressure as whatever Marvel does for Black Panther 2 which comes out a year from now.
@Snick27 😎👍🏻
@Jayslow most people dropped from? I find more random co-op games this past few months than i did when i first purchased it..i think the work they have put into it and the free ps5 upgrade enticed a lot of people back..especially when it was reduced in price in sales so i think personally from experience the user base has picked up..
Really hard for anyone to step into Black Panther’s shoes after Chadwick’s sad passing.
But it’s really important this Character lives on and keeps inspiring and educating young children (and adults) of all races and backgrounds.
Wakanda forever 🥲❤️
stargate rules!
I must admit. when I read Kratos I thought of the class VO, Terrence C. Carson, although this is just as cool.
@nessisonett It's similar to being the next guy to play The Joker after Ledger passed away. It was never going to be smooth for Leto's version, and probably why Pheonix's was so welcomed.
Normally that would make me hype as hell but since this is for Marvel's Avengers it means basically nothing 😕
Unless Black Panthers dialogue in this game is repeating the word "Boy", Judge is going to struggle.
"Boykanda Boyever"
Indeed 😊 …………………………… (damn minimum character requirement)
I like his honest response, i'm sure he will be great regardless on the quality of the content.
@Enuo Also worth noting he changed his views on video game voice acting with GoW when he saw what VG stories can offer now, he didn't know the roles could be so rich in the medium and its why he accepted the role of Kratos as he loved the script and what they were doing with the story.
Christopher Judge and Nolan North are standing on opposite sides of a bridge. Christopher is on his way to the Black Panther audition, Nolan is just leaving and spots Christopher. The bridge is up and Nolan is clinging to the lever.
Christopher Judge: "You! I must get across to my audition! Release the lever; extend the bridge!"
Nolan North: "No, no! I won't let you beat me! You won't get across, you monster! Your performance will tear me apart!"
Christopher Judge: "Coward!" [proceeds to use Zeus bolt to blast Nolan out of the way]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2K0O2n653I&t=314s
EDIT: Damn, that joke doesn't work as well now I know It was TC Carson in the OG GoW series. 🥴
I’m just shocked that Christopher Judge is now known as “the guy who voices god of war” and not “Teal’c from SG1”
I feel old 😂
@eltomo Clearly you never watched the actor in Stargate SG1
@Abarth_71 Agreed. Tired of this God of War voice actor stuff. Dude was Teal'c the former first Prime of Apophis on
Stargate SG1 for 10yrs. Give this actor some credit.
@Snick27 ha, yeah didn't realise it was him till you mentioned it!
@nessisonett Why the dude did a brilliant job with Kratos i he has a awsome voice i dont see any problems. Its terrible Chadwick Boseman died at such a young age but there a lot of other people that do. Who knows maybe he has his own way that as good or even better.
I appreciate the love and respect that Chadwick Boseman gets but the show must go on. Someone has to play the character both on and off screen. We can’t just kill Black Panther because of unfortunate real world events.
A similar thing happened with the show Spartacus but they managed to keep it alive and keep it great. Disney can do the same. It’s too bad that Michael B. Jordan or Anthony Mackie would be the best replacements because Disney has already played those cards.
@Palleon @YurtleTehTurtle @Abarth_71 @Mad001 @Snick27 @Sheppard I'm so happy people remember his excellent performance as Teal'c on Stargate SG-1.
Still waiting for them to drop the remastered/blu-ray version of Stargate SG-1 on a streaming service with a subscription.
@KidBoruto Hopefully it’ll be on Prime at some point, now that Amazon owns the rights 🤓👍🏻
@Sheppard I checked, only Hulu and Netflix have Stargate SG-1.
However I haven't verified if it's the original DVD quality, or the improved blu-rays.
@KidBoruto
lol ive been working through my boxset.
eli still lives!
been a dan since the movie, Blu-ray and streaming would be good.
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