'Captain America: Civil War' Star Chadwick Boseman Discusses Black Panther's T'Challa Accent

By Nobelle Borines | Feb 25, 2016 12:30 PM EST

Although Captain America: Civil War will feature several returning characters like Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), the sequel will also introduce one of strongest Marvel heroes Black Panther. But what will the leader of Wakanda be up to in Civil War? Chadwick Boseman has just admitted that T'Challa will have his own one-of-a-kind accent and confirmed whether he will be fighting for Tony Stark!

According to WhatCulture, Empire magazine's cover on Civil War featured several spoiler details about the film including what inspired Boseman to create Black Panther's accent.

"The idea of Wakanda is sort of, what if Timbuktu hasn't been conquered?" Boseman said before revealing how he came up with T'Challa's unique accent.

"I basically listened to people and picked what sounded cool, since it's not a specific place," he said. "It's in the southern, central part of Africa."

In addition to the research, Boseman admitted that he added some of his own ideas about how Black Panther should act and sound.

"The attitude, the musicality, as is my preference of the character," he said. "It has to fit his dignity."

The origin of T'challa's accent wasn't the only thing the Gods of Egypt star shared with the magazine. Boseman also confirmed that Black Panther isn't part of Team Iron Man, although the Civil War Super Bowl teaser revealed T'Challa on Tony Stark's side.

"It's my political mission to tame it and get it under control," he said of the war that is waged between Iron Man and Captain America (Chris Evans). "T'Challa is a prince of Wakanda. All heroes have a weight on their shoulders, but there will eventually be a difference in what I have to carry politically and socially."

Captain America: Civil War is directed by Joe and Anthony Russo and will premiere on May 6.

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