The Marvel Cinematic Universe has lastly introduced Namor to the large display screen with the discharge of “Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually.” The movie, which hit theaters on Nov. 11, facilities on the individuals of Wakanda preventing to guard their kingdom after they’re attacked by Namor, who’s the chief of an undersea nation named Talokan.

Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta brings Namor (also referred to as the Sub-Mariner) to life within the movie. Whereas his character could sound like a power-hungry villain, Huerta says there’s extra to him than meets the attention. In actual fact, Huerta considers Namor to be extra of an antihero. Why? Nicely, after T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) exposes Wakanda to the remainder of the world on the finish of the primary “Black Panther” film, Namor feels the dominion is turning into a menace to his personal individuals, and because of this, he decides to launch an assault on Wakanda.

“Namor loves his individuals, and he is gonna defend them as a result of to be a ruler, you need to serve the individuals,” Huerta says in a “Black Panther” promotional clip. The video additionally contains a scene from the movie that exhibits Namor struggling to know Wakanda’s intentions. “I have to know if Wakanda is an ally or an enemy,” Namor says within the promo video.

Namor being a morally grey character in “Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually” is genuine to the comics. Nevertheless, there’s one main distinction between the live-action model of Namor and the comic-book model. Learn on to seek out out what that’s.

Who Is Namor within the Marvel Comics?

Namor was one of many earliest Marvel characters created. In actual fact, he made his first comic-book look in 1939 and is taken into account to be Marvel’s first mutant. Within the comics, his father is a human and his mom is the princess of Atlantis. (Atlantis was modified to Talokan in “Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually,” however extra on that later.) He grows as much as be the ruler of the ocean kingdom and does the whole lot he can to guard his individuals from these on the floor.

Who Is Namor in “Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually”?

In “Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually,” Namor will not be the ruler of Atlantis however Talokan, which is an underwater nation based mostly on Aztec mythology. The movie’s director, Ryan Coogler, stated as a result of Atlantis has already been seen in numerous media, he thought it could be fascinating to make Namor’s origin story stand aside. “There have been a whole lot of representations and inventive depictions of Atlantis based mostly off of Plato’s Atlantis, the Greco-Roman idea of a metropolis sunk into the ocean,” Coogler advised Inverse. “We wished our movie to exist alongside these motion pictures and be completely different. It was actually out of respect to the viewers, not wanting to provide them one thing just like different issues which have come earlier than it.”

What Are Namor’s Powers within the Marvel Comics?

On account of his blended genes, Namor has numerous superpowers within the comics, together with the flexibility to fly and manipulate water. He additionally has tremendous energy, velocity, reflexes, and therapeutic and may use telepathy to manage aquatic life. Though he can survive each on land and underwater, he is far more highly effective underwater.

What Are Namor’s Powers in “Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually”?

As we have seen within the trailers, Namor just about has the identical powers in “Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually” that he has within the comics, which is why Coogler thinks Namor is such a menace to Wakanda. “[There’s] no equal by way of his capabilities, having the ability to breathe underwater and breathe at excessive altitudes and stroll round on land,” Coogler stated in an announcement concerning the movie. “He is extremely sturdy, he is as sturdy as Thor, and if he is round sufficient water he will be as sturdy because the Hulk.”

Catch Huerta as Namor in “Black Panther: Wakanda Perpetually,” which hits theaters Nov. 11.