Black Bolt, the king of the Inhumans, has such a powerful voice that, as John Krasinski’s Mr. Fantastic says Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness, can “tear you apart with a whisper of his mouth”. Sadly, that turned out to be her undoing in the sequel, as Black Bolt’s Earth-838 version of Anson Mount suffered a gruesome death when Elizabeth Olsen’s Earth-616 version of Wanda Maximoff, while possessing her 838 counterpart, used his chaos magic to remove the mighty Inhuman’s mouth, causing him to scream in terror and crush his own skull. As it turns out, multiverse of madness director Sam Raimi orchestrated Black Bolt’s death and writer Michael Waldron explained how the director envisioned this “horrible” scene.
strange doctor 2 This was Anson Mount’s second appearance as Black Bolt, having played the character from another Earth in the short term. inhuman TV shows. As Black Bolt came out of this story alive, it was decided that Black Bolt of Earth-838 would be the first to fall when Scarlet Witch stormed Illuminati headquarters, even though Michael Waldron struggled to think about what. it should have happened. So Sam Raimi stepped in to save, as Waldron explained to Empire (via RBC):
I was at a point in the script where I thought, “Gee, I don’t know what to do.” We wanted the first death to be truly creepy: “Listen, don’t fuck Wanda.” We were sitting on Zoom discussing how we killed Black Bolt, and someone said that his power shoots super powerful energy from his mouth. And I swear to God, without wasting a moment, Sam says, “What mouth?” And Sam just painted the scene for us, ‘… and then you cut him off, Wanda just ripped his mouth out and he screamed, and his head exploded.’ This is horror master Sam Raimi for you.
Although Michael Waldron has no problem finding a way to get Mr. Fantastic in Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness, I had a creative hang on figuring out how to remove Black Bolt from the board. However, with two simple words after hearing about the character’s power, Sam Raimi offered a tragically ironic solution suited to the director’s horror sensibility. Sure, Scarlet Witch had plenty of other ways to kill Black Bolt, but following that route, we got one of the most memorable kills in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Mr. Fantastic being a spaghetti shortly after counting in this category as well.
two weeks later Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness in theaters, Anson Mount broke the silence by appearing in the Marvel movie, saying it was “an honor and a joy to finally work” with Sam Raimi. Although Earth-838’s Black Bolt is gone, thanks to the Multiverse there are many more character variations that we may see in the future and the simple inclusion of Black Bolt in multiverse of madness could indicate that Marvel Studios are finally ready to explore the Inhumans, as this group’s TV show was produced by the defunct Marvel Television. That said, thinking of Mount Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as Captain Christopher Pike, it may be difficult for him to play another Black Bolt in a capacity greater than that used in the strange doctor continuation.
Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness can now stream with a Disney + subscription, and as the sequel’s credits scene sets the stage for strange doctor 3, Marvel Studios have not officially announced the third part. You can see what’s happening in the MCU by checking out our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and upcoming Marvel TV shows.
Source: Cinemablend
