The Marvel Studios blockbuster Black Panther, which stars All My Children alums Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan (ex-Reggie Porter), has become the most-tweeted about movie of all time.
Twitter released an official statement this week that shows the mega-popular film has amassed more than thirty-five million tweets -- enough to enormously overtake the previous two title holders: Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
The Ryan Coogler film -- Marvel's first to be directed by an African American -- opened to a record-breaking $201.8 million in North America last month. The astronomical number makes it the largest opening for an African American director ever. What's more, Black Panther holds a 97% score on the movie review site Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of the best-reviewed comic book films in history.
Of course, the film's mega success is no surprise to Soap Central. Back in February, we not only predicted it was set to become one of the biggest hits of all time, but we also broke the super-soapy twist that two of the film's stars -- Jordan and Boseman -- played AMC's Reginald Porter.
Boseman originated the role of Reggie, a tough kid from the mean streets of Pine Valley, in 2003. As viewers may recall, Reggie was being treated at the Front Street Clinic for a stab wound, and when the police were called in, he held Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) at scissor-point.
As it turned out, it was Boseman rather than Anna that got cut at the time of the scissors scene -- albeit in a different way. Boseman was let go, and Jordan stepped into the role of Reggie-the-hoodlum-turned-good-kid, which he played for the next three years.
With soap operas firmly behind them, both Boseman and Jordan went on to star in projects that have garnered them critical acclaim. Boseman received high praise for 2003's 42, in which he portrayed Jackie Robinson. And Jordan received high praise for his portrayal of Oscar Grant in 2013's Fruitvale Station.
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