Black Panther’s Lupita Nyong’o Inspired by Chadwick Boseman’s Widow

Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP/Shutterstock; John Salangsang/Shutterstock Finding inspiration. In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Lupita Nyong’o plays the grieving lover of T’Challa, the character played by the late Chadwick Boseman, but in reality, the actress turned to Boseman’s widow, Simone Ledward Boseman, for inspiration. “It was very hard to lose Chadwick, [but] he was not to me what … Read more

Wakanda Forever’ Star Lupita Nyong’o Says Speaking Spanish In Marvel Film “Was A Gift” – Deadline

Lupita Nyong’o made her dream a reality by filming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever when she was able to speak Spanish. The Academy Award winner for 12 Years a Slave was born in México City to Kenyan parents. “I was so excited about it,” she said at a round table for Entertainment Weekly. “It was just … Read more

Lupita Nyong’o Says Chadwick Boseman’s Death Texted From Viola Davis – Hollywood Life

View gallery Image Credit: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Lupita Nyong’o was reflecting on the passing of her good friend and co-star Chadwick Boseman as she hit the promotional tour for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The sequel to the 2018 Marvel blockbuster arrives on November 11, but without the main star from the original, as Chadwick, who … Read more