Fan Casting Erik "Killmonger" Stevens in Black Panther

- You know, we're naturally inclined to conceive of the idea that new people can learn from the mistakes of the old. But for that, sometimes you need to wait for a little courage from those people. To be in a discomfort zone of their own free will. [T'Challa] - .... - ...[Smile] And then you understand why the world really doesn't change. It just repeats its own vices, and Wakanda is no different. - I know where you're going with this. - Really? Let me guess, you knew from the beginning, or... - No. - ...I imagined. - Do you really think you'll be better than him by continuing this? - It's not about being better or worse. It's about consequences. And they're going to come from now on. Born in Wakanda with the name N'Jadaka, Killmonger is the reflection of some of the most difficult decisions of the former king T'Chaka: his father was part of a movement that tried to seize power by M'Demwe, a traitor of the Golden Kingdom who could reveal the secrets of his home nation. This event never reached great knowledge of the population, but it took its toll on those who were there. The revolutionaries of M'Demwe were silenced with death, and their family and lineage were exiled for life from the nation - the still young N'Jadaka had no one left, but not even this knowledge seemed to affect the king's decision. Eventually taking the name Erik "Killmonger" Stevens, N'Jadaka holds a deep grudge against Wakanda for all the events that happened to him, now returning as a terrorist who is ready to open the country's wounds to the world - the very thing they believed had been avoided that day.