‘All My Children:’ Casting Director Remembers Michael B. Jordan Joining The Show After Chadwick Boseman’s Departure

Before Black Panther Chadwick Boseman ( 42, Get On Up) and Micheal B. Jordan(Creed, Just Mercy ) almost crossed in Pine Valley. According to Deadline All My Children casting director Judy Blye Wilson recalled casting Jordan to play Reggie Montgomery after Boseman was fired in 2003.

Wilson said to People ““I did cast Boseman, who became very famous, as we all know. And he was only on the show for just a week, because they really wanted the character to be about 16, 15 years old,” . Due to Boseman being older than the character the director fired Boseman and he was replaced by Jordan due to him being only 15 at the time .

Wilson did praise Boseman for his audition and acting abilities ““[Boseman] was a magnificent actor to audition. And long story short, they fired him,” she added. “And then I put in Michael B. Jordan, who became just as famous. And he was only about 15 at that time. Now, I could go on and on, but I think I don’t want to do that.”

Before Boseman’s death in 2020 due to stage III colon cancer he recalled this roll with Jordan in The Wrap . “It’s one of those things where you get a role, and you don’t really know w hen I got it, I was like, ‘This is not part of my manifesto. This is not part of what I want to do. How can I make it work?’ Because with a soap opera, you don’t know the full scope of what’s gonna happen  you don’t know where they’re gonna take the character, because they don’t always know where the character is going. And because of that, there’s possibly room for me to adjust this and change it and make it so it’s stereotypical on the page but not on the screen.”  

Both actors worked together again in 2018 for Marvel’s Black Panther which Boseman played T’Challa and Jordan played Erik Killmonger.

Anika Morris: My name is Anika Morris. I am a Senior at Montclair State University . I am a Communication Arts and Media Major who is aspiring to be a entertainment media personality. I am set to graduate May 2025. My dream one day is to host the Met Gala or have my own tv show.
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