DC’s Hawkman Wants to Become Marvel’s Black Panther

If you look on social media this weekend, you’ll likely see posts about wanting Aldis Hodge to be the next Black Panther. Hodge is best known for playing Hardison on the TV series Leverage, Hawkman in the Black Adam movie and most recently playing Alex Cross in the new Cross series for Prime. These posts are likely driven by the recent rumor that Marvel Studios is looking into recasting the role of T’Challa left vacant by the untimely passing of Chadwick Boseman.

The other part of what’s behind this movement is an interview from 2012 where Hodge expressed interest in playing Black Panther. He mentioned that Black Panther is the role he really wants to play. He grew up loving the Marvel universe and admires the character of Black Panther, seeing him as almost like an African American Batman. It’s not known at this time if Marvel truly is recasting the role of T’Challa, if Hodge would be interested after having played in the comic book movie world already and if Marvel would be interested in him.

Of course, what actor wouldn’t be angling for the central role in one of Marvel’s biggest franchises?

via comicbookmovie.com