If the audiences watching Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s new villain, Namor, without reading the comic books, they can easily pinpoint Namor’s similarities with DC’s Aquaman. However, Black Panther 2 director Ryan Coogler was quick to address this by not only changing some of Namor’s origins, but in ensuring Marvel’s villain is different from DC’s Aquaman.
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Previously, Coogler shared how he managed to distinguish Namor from Aquaman and one of those things is having to come up with a different name for the Sub-Mariner’s kingdom: Talocan, instead of Atlantis.
Recently speaking with Uproxx, Coogler paints a picture of how Aquaman greatly benefited him in recreating Namor into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Read his full quote below:
The director continues to reiterate that it is always better to give something different to the people, ‘that’s also unique’, which always makes it better.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is now in theaters.