Just as Disney+ will soon imagine different fates for Marvel characters with the series What If…?, Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman had a moment of this sort back before becoming T’Challa. He first met with the casting director of the expansive comic book universe during an audition for Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy. That’s right! Don’t worry though, Boseman didn’t see the casting either. Here’s what he said about going up for the bulked-up brute:
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