Chadwick Boseman Shares Training Video For Black Panther Fight
If you are dying to see more Black Panther action, then you can take a slight breather. Chadwick [...]
If you are dying to see more Black Panther action, then you can take a slight breather. Chadwick Boseman is trying to make the itch more bearable for fans of the iconic Marvel superhero. The actor, who brought T'Challa to life in Captain America: Civil War, just posted a behind-the-scenes video from when Black Panther was still shooting. And, in the clip, fans can watch a slowed-down take of a fight sequence the Black Panther will have against an adversary.
"The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit," Boseman captioned the video, using a quote made famous by Morihei Ueshiba.
Thanks to the video slow-mo feel, fans may find it difficult to imagine how this battle will feel when see on the big screen. In the clip, fans can watch as Boseman deflects a series of attacks from a stuntman who's armed with a fake knife. The pair circle around one another, using hand-to-hand combat to assess each other's skills. By the video's end, it seems like Boseman grabs an advantage when he ensnares the other man's arm which holds the prop knife.
This is not the first behind-the-scenes video which Boseman has posted from Black Panther. Last month, the actor shared a short video which sees Martin Freeman playing African-style percussion instruments alongside Jabari Exum and DJ Juda, music industry veterans.
Black Panther follows T'Challa who, after the events of Captain America: Civil War, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to take his place as King. However, when an old enemy reappears on the radar, T'Challa's mettle as King and Black Panther is tested when he is drawn into a conflict that puts the entire fate of Wakanda and the world at risk.
The film stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira , Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, and Andy Serkis. Additional cast members include Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Sterling K. Brown, and John Kani.
Ryan Coogler directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Joe Robert Cole.
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Black Panther arrives in theaters on February 16, 2018.
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