Hollywood actress, Lupita Nyong’o has disclosed that making the sequel of Black Panther, ‘Wakanda Forever’ was “Therapeutic” for her after the death of Chadwick Boseman.
Glamsquad recalls that Marvel Studios released the trailer for Wakanda Forever on Sunday 24th July 2022. However, the movie would be released on 11th November 2022.
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Wakanda Forever pays tribute to Chadwick Boseman, the lead actor of the 2018 hit Black Panther who passed away in August 2020 after a private battle with colon cancer.
In her Comic-Con conversation with The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday, 23rd July in San Diego, Lupita who reprises her role as Nakia expressed her continuing grief.
She said,
“When you lose someone, I don’t know when you stop missing them.”
The 39-year-old actress says she’s grateful that the world will soon get to experience the new film following a trying few years for the film’s team.
She said,
“It’s been a doozy of a few years for everybody,”
“For us as a cast, having lost our king, Chadwick Boseman, that was a lot to process, and in many ways, we’re still processing it. When you lose someone, I don’t know when you stop missing them. And of course, we felt it so much, making this film without him.”
“To make this film against all odds is a powerful statement unto itself, and I am very proud that we did it,” she shared. “It was very therapeutic. It restored a sense of hope for me in making it, and I think we’ve expanded the world of Wakanda in ways that will blow people’s minds — not just Wakanda but the Black Panther world. It’s gonna blow people’s minds, and I just cannot wait until it’s not a secret anymore.”
When asked about the pivotal moment in the trailer that teases someone else donning the Black Panther suit, Nyong’o played it coy.
The Twelve Years A Slave star said, “Don’t you just love a good secret?”
Glamsquad also reported that Nigerian songstress, Tems features on the soundtrack of the yet-to-be-released Black Panther sequel. Read here.
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