Aldis Hodge Would Love To Play ‘The Black Panther’

Numerous actors have recently begun expressing their interest to to play the lead role in Marvels ‘The Black Panther’. No doubt due to the recent news that Marvel Studios 2014 sequel to ‘Captain America’ may be followed by a big-screen adaptation of the character.

The most recent of these being Aldis Hodge (‘Die Hard With A Vengeance’, ‘Leverage’, ‘Supernatural’) stating his interest in playing the king of Wakanda.

“Growing up I was a fan of Black Panther and X-Men comic books. I was also a huge Batman fan. There’s recently been a little buzz online about Marvel pushing for Black Panther, and I’ve been in love with the idea for years. I want the fans to know that the one role I really want to play is Black Panther. I grew up loving the Marvel world, and grew up on martial arts. I still train. When Black Panther came around, he was almost like an African American Batman.”

He does have many things going for him as far as the role is concerned. He is in the right age range where he could continue on playing the character for many years, he has the right looks, he already knows the source material and he does have a background with martial arts. However he may not be a big enough name to carry this franchise…but then again no one knew who Chris Hemsworth as prior to ‘Thor’. Thoughts? Opinions? Complete outrage that I could even consider seeing him in the role?

Source: Examiner