Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker has joined the cast of Marvel Studios ‘Black Panther,’ TheWrap has confirmed.
The film, directed by Ryan Coogler (“Fruitvale Station,” “Creed”), has also added Daniel Kaluuya, Winston Duke, and Florence Kasumba to an all-star lineup that includes Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa, ruler of Wakanda, and Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger, plus Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia and Danai Gurira as Okoye, members of the fierce Dora Milaje.
Whitaker (“Roots,” Lee Daniels‘ “The Butler,” “The Last King of Scotland”) will play the role of Zuri, an elder stateman in Wakanda.