Overview

• The false casting rumor originated from a 2018 meme photoshopping Ryan Gosling’s face onto Black Panther’s suit, which resurfaced online in June 2025.
• TMZ and PinkVilla cite insiders who say Gosling was never approached or considered to play any iteration of Black Panther.
• Speculation that Gosling’s casting tied into Marvel’s use of multiverse plotlines has been explicitly dismissed by sources.
• Letitia Wright, who succeeded Chadwick Boseman, is officially set to lead as Black Panther in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.
• Ryan Gosling is instead confirmed to join the Star Wars universe in the film Starfighter, not the Marvel Cinematic Universe.