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• Marvel didn't initially want the characters in " Black Panther" to have accents.
• But actor Chadwick Boseman, who plays King T'Challa and the titular superhero, said they needed to.
• The studio thought he could have a British or American accent.
• Boseman stood firm and said it was a "deal breaker" if he didn't use an accent based in an African language.

Marvel wasn't entirely on board with Wakandans having African accents in "Black Panther" but actor Chadwick Boseman stood firm.

In an interview for The Hollywood Reporter's "Awards Chatter" podcast, the 40-year-old actor who plays King T'Challa in the Marvel Universe, said he did some research and decided that Wakandans should speak with a click, but the studio wasn't so sure.

"They felt like it was maybe too much for an audience to take," Boseman said. "They felt like, 'Would people be able to understand it through a whole movie?' and 'If we do it now, we're stuck with it.' I felt the exact opposite — like, if I speak with a British accent, what's gonna happen when I go home?"

Two options were Boseman taking on a British accent or keeping his American accent and saying that the character had studied in a foreign country, but Boseman wasn't going to give up on his belief.

"It felt to me like a deal breaker," he said.