Two ‘Powerful’ Scenes Were Cut From Black Panther

In an interview with The Wrap, film editor Michael Shawver spoke about two scenes that were cut from Marvel’s Black Panther. Here are highlights:

On scenes that were cut: “Hands down the most painful scene to cut was [one] with Danai Gurira and Daniel Kaluuya. Toward the end, after things go bad and Killmonger [Michael B. Jordan] is in control and all that, we’re talking about, what are they going to do? What is Wakanda going to become? Those are two powerhouse actors and it was an incredible scene with so many layers to it — boyfriend and girlfriend, it was general and her advisor, all those things. That was painful.”

On the other cut scene: “There’s a scene between Chadwick and Forest’s characters which sets up their relationship. It sort of lets you attach yourself to their father-son dynamic so that later on in the film … you really feel more.”

On being hired for the job: “It was a great excuse as an adult male to read as many comics as I could. I got a sense of it, Ryan brought me to Marvel and they asked me everything from ‘Will you be able to handle this?’ to, ‘What is your favorite Marvel movie? Ryan likes to be able to trust everybody he works with.”

Shawver confirmed the deleted scenes will make the home video release of the film.