Denzel Washington. The director said during the "7PM in Brooklyn" podcast (in the below video) that Washington will in fact be part of "Black Panther 3," should that movie ever happen. Washington previously let it slip in November 2024 that Coogler wrote a role for him;

In November 2024, the ‘Training Day’ star let slip that he and Coogler were in talks about the roleNEED TO KNOWWhile appearing on the 7pm in Brooklyn podcast, Black Panther 3 writer Ryan Coogler said he had written a role for Denzel Washington "I’ve been trying to work with him since day one,

Ryan Coogler confirms that he wrote a role for Denzel Washington in Black Panther 3. Find out what he said here.