Black Panther will feature many more characters outside of its leading man, including Forest Whitaker as a spiritual figure within Wakanda.
Considering the Black Panther also has to be in favor with Bast (the Panther God) and utilize the famed Heart-Shaped Herbs, there are plenty of unique aspects to Black Panther’s story that Zuri can help explain along the way.
Zuri is shown relatively early on in the trailer alongside T’Challa, but Whitaker looks very different than any role he’s had before.
That’s because he is playing an important religious figure within Wakanda – one that had close ties to T’Challa’s father – and is now being the Obi-Wan to this film’s Luke Skywalker in Black Panther.