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Michael B. Jordan says it’s unlikely he’ll return for Black Panther 2, but ‘never say never’

We may not have seen the last of Erik Killmonger.
By Devan Coggan
April 30, 2021 at 07:34 PM EDT



According to Michael B. Jordan, we may not have seen the last of Erik Killmonger.

Appearing on SiriusXM's Jess Cagle Show this week, the Black Panther alum addressed whether he might ever return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

When Cagle asked him how likely he was to reprise his role as Killmonger on a scale of 1 to 10 — 10 being very likely, and 1 not at all — the actor had a diplomatic answer.

"I'm gonna go with a solid 2," Jordan said with a laugh. "I didn't want to go zero! Never say never. I can't predict the future."

Admittedly, a Killmonger reappearance seems like a long shot, given that — spoiler alert! — the character died at the end of 2018's Black Panther. But the MCU has a past history of resurrecting the thought-to-be-dead, and there's always a chance that Jordan could pop back up in a flashback cameo.

Jordan added that he doesn't have much insight into the upcoming Black Panther 2, but he has tremendous faith in writer-director Ryan Coogler and how he'll continue T'Challa's story after the death of star Chadwick Boseman.

"I honestly don't know much at all," Jordan added. "All I know is they're developing a script that is a reflection of a lot of circumstances and tragedy that we had to deal with this past year. I know Ryan and Marvel are going to do the absolute best job at developing the story in a way that makes everybody happy and satisfied and honors Chad and moves forward with grace."

Coogler is returning to write and direct the upcoming sequel, and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has confirmed that Boseman's role as Wakandan king T'Challa will not be recast. Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, and Letitia Wright are all expected to return for the new film, which is scheduled to hit theaters July 8, 2022.
 
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Chadwick Boseman’s death shed light on colon cancer, but rates remain high among Black people

"The No. 1 thing that came out of his death," one doctor said, was more patients "asking specific questions like, ‘What do I need to look for as symptoms?’"
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Chadwick Boseman’s death shed light on colon cancer, but rates remain high among Black people
"The No. 1 thing that came out of his death," one doctor said, was more patients "asking specific questions like, ‘What do I need to look for as symptoms?’"
Chadwick Boseman attends the European premiere of "Black Panther" in London on Feb. 8, 2018.Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images for Disney file


Aug. 28, 2021, 6:00 AM EDT / Updated Aug. 28, 2021, 8:21 AM EDT
By Curtis Bunn
In the year since the actor Chadwick Boseman’s death from colorectal cancer, Mo Jenkins said he considered — but resisted — getting screened for the deadly disease.
Two weeks ago, however, he watched for the second time the film “Black Panther” — Boseman’s most famous role — and the next day he made a doctor’s appointment.

Jenkins’ physician in Indianapolis had implored him to be tested. “I wanted to know if I was OK, but I didn’t want to take the test,” Jenkins, 48, said. He added that he watched the man who had played a superhero in a movie face colon cancer. “A superhero.He looked great. He looked strong. And then . . . he was gone.”
“I don’t know why watching that movie this time hit me like it did. But I made an appointment, and did the screening.”
Jenkins, a human resources manager, said he exhaled when his results came back indicating no signs of cancer. “Totally relieved,” he said. “But the point was to make sure I was OK before it was too late. Chadwick Boseman inspired me to do that.”
When Boseman died at 43, Black doctors had hoped it would be an inflection point for Black people in general, Black men in particular, to get screened for colon cancer, a treatable disease if discovered in time.


Chadwick Boseman’s death sheds new light on increased colon cancer rates
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Doctors who spoke to NBC News said more Black men in their practices are being screened for colorectal cancer since Boseman’s death. Still, there is no quantifiable data to discern whether Black men, overall, have increased screenings.
Still, the reality remains: Black people are 20 percent more likely to get colon cancer than any other race, according to the American Cancer Society, and are 40 percent more likely to die from it. Further, they are more likely to have an advanced stage of colon cancer when diagnosed and have a shorter life span after being diagnosed.
Additionally, according to a report from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, factors contributing to the disproportionately high rate of colorectal cancer in Black people include lower rates of screening, structural racism, social determinants of health and difficulty obtaining available treatment, among others.
Boseman’s death highlighted that public health organizations recommend colon cancer screening at 45 years old instead of 50.
“Most people, when they think of colon cancer, think of someone being old,” said Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, an internal medicine physician in Alabama. “You don’t think of someone who was in their early 40s, like Chadwick, definitely not someone who looked as healthy as he did. So, I think it really helps people to wake up to just how easy it is for this particular cancer to be active and do harm in your body without you being aware of it.
Dr. Timothy Quinn.Gary Davis
“And I think that was probably the No. 1 thing that came out of his death because a lot of patients did start asking specific questions like, ‘What do I need to look for as symptoms?’ So, awareness definitely increased.”
However, the doctors said two prevailing factors have offset the influence of Boseman’s death: the coronavirus pandemic and the perceived invasive nature of colon cancer testing.
Stay-at-home mandates as Covid raged in 2020 shut down in-person doctor appointments.
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“I’ve seen a lot more people being screened since Covid restrictions were lifted,” said Dr. Timothy Quinn, a primary care physician in the Jackson, Mississippi, area. “But the pandemic changed a lot last year. A lot of people were skipping their doctor’s appointments, understandably afraid to come to the doctor because of factors like being around people in the waiting room. So that slowed down screenings, which never helps.”
Even if screenings increased among Black people, “we’re still on the low end of the spectrum in totality,” Dalton-Smith said. “Chadwick Boseman had this national profile. He was the Black Panther. He obviously raised awareness, but a lot of times in our community, we don’t want to get the screening because we start thinking about the whole invasiveness part of it when it doesn’t even have to be that.”
Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith. IChooseMyBestLife.com
Men fret over the idea of having a colonoscopy — a procedure in which a long, flexible tube with a tiny video camera called a colonoscope is inserted into the rectum. The camera allows the doctor to view the inside of the entire colon.
Quinn said he recently had a patient whom he convinced to get screened, but only because he offered him a noninvasive option.
“His first concern was the colonoscopy,” he said. “He was trying to get out of there. I told him, ‘Hold up. You’re good. My hands are in my pockets.’ There’s another way.”
Quinn went on to explain that there is an FDA-approved at-home colon cancer test kit, which uses a stool sample from the patient. The physician would order the kit sent to the patient’s home. The patient would provide the sample, package it and send the kit to a laboratory for testing.
“And he’d receive the results in days,” Quinn said. “I told him this could be a life-changer. And he agreed to it. That was a big deal.”
Nolan-Smith agreed. “The No. 1 thing is, Chadwick Boseman was a kind of pushing point for some people being aware of the severity of the disease,” she said. “The idea now is to use that awareness and let people know that the key deterrent to getting tested — it being invasive — is not something to fear. There are other things you can do that are minimally invasive, like Cologuard, that still are very effective in early prevention.
“We’ve got to a place in medicine, where many of the cancers that used to kill people, can now be treated — if we catch it early enough,” she added. “The problem is, we still have double the death rate in the African American community. And a big part of that is because of not getting the preventative testing. That’s what, a year after losing Chadwick Boseman, we have to get out of it.”
 
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To our fathers to ourselves and to all the future fathers

And always prayers go out to the health safety and prosperity of all the dads all the parents and the children and families.

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D@mnphins said:
Thanks. I cut out sugar 3 weeks ago. Never realized how many sweet drinks and desserts I ate on a weekly basis. Been drinking zero sugar Gatorade, diet cranberry and unsweetened tea. Weird only dropped a few pounds but my clothes fit so much better. Just need to get back to the gym and running.

When this fat dude came in the office and his stomach was hanging out under his shirt. I said that will be you in the future if you don't stop.
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