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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Extremely doubtful given Shuri is stated to be 16 years old, somehow.
Letitia Wright is 24, so Dawson Casting is in full effect. That said, Lupita Nyong’o is 34, and Chadwick Boseman is 40, so Nakia is WAY more age appropriate.
Side note: HOW IS CHADWICK BOSEMAN 40?!?!?!?
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To be fair, Evans is playing someone who's 100 years old.
But seriously, Chadwick Boseman is 41? What?
This song needs more love.Isn’t Scarlett Johansson (33) oldest besides Lupita?
-googles- NOPE.
Cobie Smulder is 35. Natalie Portman is 36 (she’s older than Hemsworth???)
Hayley Atwell is 35 now, but was 27-28 during First Avenger.
Evangeline Lily is 38; Gwyneth Paltrow is 45; Elizabeth Olsen is 28; Brie Larson is 28; Zoe Saldana is 39 (wait, WHAT?!?!); Tessa Thompson is 34 (WHAT?!?!?!?!?).
edited 2nd Feb '18 4:11:58 PM by wisewillow
I swear Samuel L Jackson ages in reverse. He looked older in Coming to America than he did in most of his subsequent career.
As a white person who had to show off her ID (and remember, drinking age in Germany is 18 - 16 for lighter alcohol) when buying the good stuff for her 29 birthday, this is the last thing I worry about. Some people age faster than others, that is all..
Of the current cast, Don Cheadle and RDJ are the ones which really start to push it. They need to retire soon for that reason alone.

Reminds me of something wanted to confess. So, I had been thinking for a while that in that car scene, T'challah's Mission Control was Nakia, not Shuri. Largely because I thought that the actress was the main female lead/love interest, which character-wise I would have expected to be Nakia and not Shuri (given that she's his sister). But thinking about it, I wonder if Nakia hasn't appeared as much because she is going to do a Face–Heel Turn like the comics. And not that every main needs a love interest, but I wonder if he and Shuri are Not Blood Siblings.