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The image above is of actor Forest Whittaker who plays Zuri. Coogler and Feige disclose that Zuri was a confidant of T'Chaka, the former King of Wakanda and T'Challa's late father who was killed during the events of CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR.
"He’s somewhat a religious figure or spiritual figure,” Coogler says of Zuri. “Spirituality is something that exists in Wakanda in the comics, and it’s something we wanted to have elements of in the film. Forest’s character, more than anything, is a major tie-back to T’Challa’s father. Zuri is someone he looks to for guidance.”
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This image of children assisting Zuri in a ritual is a part of the process in giving T'Challa his superhuman abilities as the Black Panther.
"People who read the comics would be familiar with the Heart-Shaped Herb and the ceremonies that surround that,” says Feige. “That’s partially spiritual. We certainly don’t call it magic, but there’s Vibranium that has been interwoven within that soil and that land for thousands of years, so there are other things going on with it.”
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This "heart-shaped herb" is how the Black Panther is able to do all the incredible things you've seen him do in CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR and you will see in BLACK PANTHER.
“The Heart-Shaped Herb is how Black Panther achieves his powers. He can fight hand-to-hand with Cap, who’s a supersoldier, so he has super strength and heightened instincts that give him his enhanced abilities,” Coogler says. “The Heart-Shaped Herb is what Black Panthers over the generations would consume, once they earn the title, which gives them their physical edge.”
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BLACK PANTHER releases in the U.S. on February 16, 2018.
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