Djimon Gaston Hounsou portrayed Korath the Pursuer in Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain Marvel.
He also voiced an alternate Korath the Pursuer in the What If...? episode What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?.
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- Djimon Hounsou was originally up for the role of Drax the Destroyer.
- Djimon Hounsou took the role of Korath for the sake of his son, saying: "I have a son who loves superheroes from Spider-Man to Iron Man to Batman. One day he looks at me and says 'Dad, I want to be light-skinned so I could be Spider-Man. Spider-Man has light skin'. That was sort of a shock."
- Djimon Hounsou previously worked with Tomas Arana in Gladiator.
- Djimon Hounsou previously worked with Spencer Wilding in Eragon.
- Djimon Hounsou previously worked with Brendan Fehr in Biker Boyz.
- Djimon Hounsou previously worked with Samuel L. Jackson in The Legend of Tarzan and worked again with him in Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank.
- Djimon Hounsou previously worked with Jude Law in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.
- Djimon Hounsou previously worked with Scarlett Johansson in The Island.
- Djimon Hounsou previously worked with Chris Evans and Colin Ford in Push.
- Djimon Hounsou worked again with John Brotherton and Vin Diesel in Furious 7.
- Djimon Hounsou also voiced Black Panther in the TV series Black Panther.
- Djimon Hounsou was considered to play Black Panther in a sequel to Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.[1]
- Djimon Hounsou is one of the actors to portray characters for both Marvel Studios and DC Entertainment. He portrayed Papa Midnite in Constantine.
- Djimon Hounsou voiced King Ricou in Aquaman and portrayed Shazam in Shazam! and Shazam! Fury of the Gods!. This makes him one of the actors to have appeared in both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe.