Kenan Thompson Looks Back on Dressing as Panthro to Surprise Chadwick Boseman on SNL

Speaking at New York Comic Con, Kenan Thompson reflected on dressing as the ThunderCats character Panthro to crash Chadwick Boseman's April 2018 Saturday Night Live monologue, according to Rolling Out's report. He said he refused to look in a mirror until the costume was finished, and the result was close enough to the character that he nearly cried. He said the bit started as fun and silly but became meaningful.

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