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Marvel Studios revealed that the part of King T'Challa will not be recast.

\"It was a difficult decision, for everybody,\" Coogler said about moving forward with \"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.\" \"But eventually, after thinking about it long enough, it became very clear what we had to do and I think that as we got going, the momentum kept up and it felt like he was always with us and it felt like we were keeping him around by working -- if that makes sense.\"

\"I hope we made him proud,\" Coogler added.

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