Black Panther: Wakanda Forever director Ryan Coogler recently opened up about Julia Louis-Dreyfus' character Val
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
director Ryan Coogler recently opened up about Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ character Val and how she was written into the movie.sequel prior to Chadwick Boseman’s passing, Coogler said that the ruler of Talokan was part of it, but shared the antagonist role with Val.. “It was basically a three-way conflict between Wakanda, the U.S. and Talokan. But it was all mostly from the child’s perspective.”
Coogler was then asked about Val’s presence in the film and whether it’s difficult to implement storylines from the broader MCU into a solo movie. The director clarified that Val was always in“Yeah, nobody was shoehorned in or asked to be put into the movie or anything like that,” Coogler clarified. “Actually, in this version, [Louis-Dreyfus’ role] was pared back in order to make space for dealing with T’Challa’s death.