Damian Priest missed out on being part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by having a role in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
Fightful previously reported that he had read for the part of Namor in the movie but wasn’t in it. While speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Priest discussed what happened.
Priest agreed that the regime was different at the time as Vince McMahon was still in charge. McMahon was known for not letting talent take on outside projects that WWE wasn’t involved in, and it appears that McMahon blocked Priest from being in the movie. Here are the highlights:
On whether the rumors were true: “It’s a long story, but basically it got taken away from me, but not from Marvel.”
On whether he got a role: “Yeah.”
On getting another chance in Marvel: “It’d be cool, I’m ready. It’s funny because now I’m busier than ever. Look, come what may, I’m good with it. Maybe I do something like that, I do that and go a different route, and I’m not sitting here with you, being a world champion. I won a World Championship at WrestleMania. I don’t know if that happens.”
