BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER Actor Winston Duke Reveals That He Improvised One Of M'Baku's Funniest Lines

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER Actor Winston Duke Reveals That He Improvised One Of M'Baku's Funniest Lines

M'Baku returned for a relatively small, but memorable role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and actor Winston Duke has now revealed that he improvised one of his character's funniest lines...

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By MarkCassidy - Nov 14, 2022 08:11 AM EST

M'Maku proved to be a major standout of the first Black Panther, and Winston Duke's formidable leader of the Jabari mountain tribe returned for a relatively minor, but important role in Wakanda Forever.

Shortly after Namor (Tenoch Huerta) makes his presence known to Ramonda (Angela Bassett) and Shuri (Letitia Wright), M'Baku arrives at the council and berates the Dora Milaje for their inability to protect their borders. When Okoye (Danai Gurira) responds by referring to the Jabari as "muscle-heads," M'Baku calls his rival general a "bald-headed demon."

Like a lot of M'Baku's dialogue, it gets a big laugh, and Duke has now revealed that he actually improvised the line.

"The intention for Mbaku in this film is to serve as the vent for a pressure cooker & that's what influenced this improvisational gem, amongst others... 'you baldheaded demon!," he Tweeted.

M'Baku doesn't just provide the film's comic relief, however. In the final act, he comes to realize that Namor is more of god to his people than a leader, and killing him would likely result in ceaseless conflict between Wakanda and Talokan. He recognizes the fury and vengeance rising in the new Panther, and does his best to bring Shuri back from the brink.

At the end of the movie, M'Baku arrives to what is supposed to be Shuri's coronation and announces that he intends to "challenge for the throne," but we don't get to see what happens next.

Have you been to see Black Panther: Wakanda Forever yet? If so, be sure to let us know what you thought of the movie in the comments section (you can check out our review here).

In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira), and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda. Introducing Tenoch Huerta as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation, the film also stars Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena, and Alex Livanalli.

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Forthas
Forthas - 11/14/2022, 8:59 AM
I thoroughly enjoyed Wakanda Forever but I can’t ignore some of the problems with the film which is not insignificant.

*******SPOILER ALERT*******

First Shuri’s journey through Talocan was a bit silly. Second, the film has at least three GLARING plot holes that is hard to ignore including:

THE SYNTHESIZED HEART SHAPED HERB COULD NOT HAVE SAVED T’CHALLA - Shuri is trying to synthesize the heart Shaped herb in order to save T'Challa. But why? T’Challa has already ingested the last herb and it is only removed when there is a challenge at Warrior Falls. So he should not have needed to take the herb again!

NAMOR WASTED HIS TIME PURSUING RIRI - The government was already using Riri’s machine that can detect Vibranium. So what difference does it make to Namor if Riri Williams is dead or alive? The technology has already been made available to the government. If they have the device, then that means they also have the plans to make one.

WAKANDA HAD THE CAPACITY TO DEFEAT THE TALOCAN BUT DID NOT USE IT - During her rescue of Shuri, Nakia utilizes a gun that is easily able to mortally wound a Talocan soldier. If that is the case, why does Wakanda not use a lot of those guns to fight the Talocans instead of taking them on hand to hand during their confrontation at sea.

*******END OF SPOILERS*******

I am giving this film a huge pass. Under other circumstances I would judge it harshly, but in this case I just went along with it given the suddn death of its lead star and them trying to go forward while still honoring him. They get an A for effort and B+ overall.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 11/14/2022, 9:05 AM
@Forthas - Don't forget the biggest plot hole of them all: where do Talokans go to the bathroom? Do their deposits just float around with them in the water?
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 11/14/2022, 9:10 AM
@Forthas - the government didn’t know how to rebuild it . They said it in the movie , only person was Riri she never turned over plans she just built it cause her professor challenged her who in turn is probably the one who gave it to the govt


Second thing is that shuri was trying to use the herb as a base to make a cure not just give it to him again
Steel86
Steel86 - 11/14/2022, 9:17 AM
@Forthas - You make some good points except the Riri one. If you remember she stated they stole her machine. They didn't have her info on how to make the machine because she had that stored in her harddrive that was so hard to crack that she told Shuri that once she had to make another computer to crack her own stuff. The government having her machine is like everyone having Stark tech. They can use it but most can't duplicate it.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 11/14/2022, 9:26 AM
@Steel86 - Namor didn't know that though, Shuri could have just told him that it would be pointless to kill Riri since the government already had her technology.
Steel86
Steel86 - 11/14/2022, 9:28 AM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - I'm sorry the herb plot point was weak but I 100% get why. T'Challa already had his powers back so he shouldn't have been able to get any type of disease in the first place he's Super Human. Thats like Captain America getting a disease. Only way it could be plausible if it was a man made disease specifically made to take out a Super Human but if that was the case then it would have been part of the plot. Like I said I get it. Cogler was it a hard spot trying to figure out how to kill off a close friend that dyied in real life and decided to make it similar to what happened in real life.
Forthas
Forthas - 11/14/2022, 9:30 AM
@Steel86
@ShimmyShimmyYA

I am not so sure about that. Shuri was able to understand how when she disassembled it after Namor dropped it in Wakanda....and yes I know she is the smartest person in the MCU. However riri is not. I would think that some one like Hank Prim could reverse engineer it. The Marvel universe is filled with brilliant characters and while Riri is super smart, that device (the fact it just detects things) does not seem like it should be too difficult for someone to reverse engineer it.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 11/14/2022, 9:33 AM
@Forthas - but those people aren’t working for the CIA

Pym hates the govt

Shuri isn’t going to do work for the US govt

And I think Riri is one of the smartest / smarter people in the mcu rn , she made her own Ironman suit + the vibranium detector
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 11/14/2022, 9:35 AM
@Steel86 - possibly 🤷🏽‍♂️ I was just pointing out that shuri wasn’t trying to remake the herb just for give it to t’challa again, she wanted to make the cure using the herb since it’s part of his dna
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 11/14/2022, 9:35 AM
@Steel86 - also they never said he can’t get disease, they never seen said that about cap

They’re just the peak of human physiology

Wilt chamberlain was a physical freak and he had heart issues
soberchimera
soberchimera - 11/14/2022, 9:42 AM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - Also, let's not forget, (and correct me if I'm wrong here), Namor didn't even know the identity of the scientist who built the vibranium detector until Shuri and Okoye found her, so if he didn't even know who the scientist was, he sure as hell wouldn't have known that no one else could replicate her technology that was ALREADY being used.
newhire13
newhire13 - 11/14/2022, 9:48 AM
@Forthas - It's weird to me the question on the herb. He was weakened to the point of death. The synthetic herb she was designing was supposed to give him his powers back and heal him.

They don't have the plans. They stole her tech and they even mentioned that they only had the one. The government went after her because she's the only way to get a new one. Namor went after her for the same reason.

I thought they were using blasters and their vibranium weapons during the fight. I'd have to watch again though.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 11/14/2022, 9:49 AM
@soberchimera - correct. His hope was just find her kill her soo one else can have her make a machine and maybe someone else does figure it out down the line. He would’ve just killed them too or went through with his plan to go to war with the surface
newhire13
newhire13 - 11/14/2022, 9:51 AM
@Steel86 - Spider-Man is super human too and he can get sick. It was an unknown disease that caught them off guard BECAUSE it was able to do what it did to T'Challa.
newhire13
newhire13 - 11/14/2022, 9:55 AM
@Forthas - Riri îs brilliant though lol. That's the point. Hell even Shuri proclaimed it when she saw the machine up close. That's why they were surprised something like that was built by a student. And clearly it is difficult/impossible to do if everyone went after her for it lol.
Forthas
Forthas - 11/14/2022, 10:00 AM
@newhire13 -

My point was that he should always have his powers until it is removed during the tournament at Warrior falls.

That still does not make sense. Why then is she walking around at college free? If the government could not replicate the device, then if it broke they would need her to repair it. I think either way you look at it, that is not how things would have happened in the real world. If they wanted to pursue that story line Riri should have been in hiding.

I think only the ships had the blasters. I will also have to watch it again to see for sure. But at least some - if not most - of them were fighting hand to hand.
Amaru
Amaru - 11/14/2022, 10:04 AM
@Forthas - I feel like your plot holes are more you not understanding the movie.
Ojeet78
Ojeet78 - 11/14/2022, 10:04 AM
@Forthas - The Riri Williams plotline kind of unravels the film. Whether she made the machine or not, the govt is already making them. So, it makes no difference if she's dead or alive. Namor would have to go up against all of the surface world instead of just capturing the scientist and be done with it. It's a massive plot hole but I'm choosing to ignore it since I preferred the moments where the characters dealt with their grief. Also, why kill the scientist, why not capture her and have her make machines that can neutralise these machines. I really liked Namor but these motivations were extremely silly for the submariner.
Steel86
Steel86 - 11/14/2022, 10:04 AM
@Forthas - Good points but its a key point I think you're missing. This is the government and not super genius people of the MCU after it. Riri is shown to be young Tony Stark level of smart with her tech and remember how fast she was able to understand and use Wakanda tech. At this point there is no super genius on the Thunderbolts team. And you're downplaying how significant the machine creates is. It detects vibranium. Vibranium is a undetectable metal. So to do so is like Tony Stark's arc reactor. They can use it but can't make it.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 11/14/2022, 10:04 AM
@soberchimera - they poop and pee pee in the current tunnel
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 11/14/2022, 10:06 AM
@Ojeet78 - the govt didn’t make the machine , Riri did. She designed and built it they confiscated it
soberchimera
soberchimera - 11/14/2022, 10:13 AM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - True, but Namor being in the dark about who built it and the government's capability to replicate it could have easily been used against him or at the very least diffuse the situation so conflict could have been avoided.
Steel86
Steel86 - 11/14/2022, 10:14 AM
@ShimmyShimmyYA - Come on Shimmy. They're Super Humans not gifted individuals. Wilt Chamberlain wasn't 5'2 then given a herb to become 7 feet. I think its reasonable to believe that a Super Human can't get sick if Captain America's body was able to fight off death and frostbite for 70 years frozen.
Mugens
Mugens - 11/14/2022, 10:17 AM
@Forthas - I most definitely agree with your assessment about Namor wasting his time pursuing RiRi Williams. If he and his people were smart enough to know she invented the tech, they should have been smart enough to know the government had got a hold of it.
Steel86
Steel86 - 11/14/2022, 10:19 AM
@newhire13 - Timeout when has Spiderman ever been sick in the MCU?Not other films but Tom Holland. I know they've showed Andrew but you he's not in the MCU. Can't mix logics.
newhire13
newhire13 - 11/14/2022, 10:19 AM
@Ojeet78 - They didn't build it. She built and programmed it.
newhire13
newhire13 - 11/14/2022, 10:24 AM
@Steel86 - In general Spider-Man can get sick. If you don't want to mix logic where is it said in the MCU that Cap can't get sick? They're super human but they aren't invulnerable. And again, the entire point is that T'Challa caught something that got him so sick that it robbed him of his strength and brought him to the point of death. Something unknown that caught them completely off guard. Stop acting like T'Challa had a stuffy nose or something.
newhire13
newhire13 - 11/14/2022, 10:30 AM
@Forthas - Why would they kidnap her? She built it for class because her teacher didn't think she could. It was taken by the government without her knowing and they realized it worked. Then when they lost it they went after her. And a lot of stuff in the MCU wouldn't work the same way in the real world. You really think Tony Stark would be a free man following the events of Iron Man? Don't pick and choose what you want to nitpick lol
Steel86
Steel86 - 11/14/2022, 10:37 AM
@newhire13 - Spiderman is the odd duck because the writers wanted him to be the every day man but with powers so he does get sick. Cap's enhancements gave him immunity to All Earthly diseases. And the Black Panther has a type of healing factor. Not crazy like Logan or Deadpool but the type that protects him from minor injuries and protects him from diseases. They don't break every single thing down in the movies, they never do, but these characters are based off comic books. If Chadwick didn't die then T'Challa would have never had any type of disease in any of the films that wasn't created by a villain. Like I said I get it but that doesn't mean that its not a weak plot point.
dragon316
dragon316 - 11/14/2022, 10:40 AM
@Forthas - what I read for namor I haven’t seen it yet namor chases after riri her machine can detect location of Atlantis since namor does t trust anyone he probably didn’t know this.,

That’s what I read
newhire13
newhire13 - 11/14/2022, 10:52 AM
@Steel86 -So are we looking at the comics and other mediums or not? I mean since you mentioned comics it's pretty convenient that apparently Spider-Man's power levels surpass Cap's except when it comes to getting sick haha. Guess we're picking and choosing what we want to accept huh? And AGAIN this was not some run of the mill sickness that got T'Challa! The whole point is that it was unknown and that it caught them off guard! It was obviously next level shit to do what it did to him. And obviously they wouldn't have given T'Challa an illness. Not sure what your point is with that.
Amaru
Amaru - 11/14/2022, 10:56 AM
@Mugens - Namor didn't know who built it. Did you even watch the movie?
AC1
AC1 - 11/14/2022, 10:58 AM
@Forthas - While the herb permanently gives those who ingest it powers similar to the super soldier serum, it could be the case that it has additional uses such as medicinal ones. Bare in mind that in the first movie the herb was used twice not only to give T'Challa his powers but also to heal his injuries, the first time being a stab wound from M'Baku and the second being numerous life-threatening injuries from Killmonger as well as probably hypothermia from being kept in snow in Jabari Land. So I'd say giving him an extra dose to cure his illness wouldn't be outside of the realm of possibility considering that we don't know the full extent of how the herb works and that we've seen throughout the MCU that Vibranium is incredibly versatile and can do all sorts of things.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 11/14/2022, 11:01 AM
@soberchimera - that’s what shuri tried to do when they leaned Riri was a child/student
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 11/14/2022, 11:03 AM
@Steel86 - ok but if theres super people why can’t we can’t super diseases we can believe that somehow a plant and 1940s vacuum tubes could make 2 people the peak of physical humanity but not that an unknown / new disease could affect them? They aren’t immortal
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