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Lupita Nyong’ois rememberingChadwick Bosemanthree years after hediedof colon cancer at 43.
On Monday, Nyong’o, 40, shared a black-and-white photo she took of herBlack Panthercostar as they arrived at an airport in South Korea in 2018. The actress wrote in her caption that she “experienced a singular pain” when news of Boseman’s death reached her in 2020.
“The confusion was so profound that it took months to trust the feeling of joy again,” Nyong’o wrote. Boseman chose to keep his four-year battle with cancer private, leaving his friends and colleagues stunned at the news of his death.
“Death is hard to understand, maybe even harder to accept,” Nyong’o added. “But the love generated from the life he lived will fuel every anniversary marking his absence. Chadwick may no longer be in our photos, but he will always be in our hearts.”
Nyong’o was not the onlyBlack Pantherstar to share a public tribute to Boseman on the three-year anniversary of his death. Letitia Wright, who plays the sister to Boseman’s King T’Challa in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, re-shared a video of herself, Boseman, Angela Bassett and Danai Gurira she originally posted onInstagramin November.
“Always Celebrating You King 👑,” Wright, 29, wrote on her Story above the video. “Love Always x”
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Daniel Kaluuyaalso shared a throwback photo featuring Boseman to his Instagram Story on Monday. In the snapshot, he and Gurira, 45, can be seen embracing as Boseman looks on. Kaluuya, who played T’Challa’s friend W’Kabi in 2018’sBlack Panther, added only two emojis to his post to emphasize the tribute. “🙏🏿 🖤 "
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Boseman’s death majorly affected how Marvel Studios, filmmaker Ryan Coogler and Boseman’sBlack Panthercostars approached the film’s sequelWakanda Forever, which was released back in November. The film saw Wright’s character Shuri take on the Black Panther mantle in the aftermath of T’Challa’s death.
Coogler, 36, admitted last October that heconsidered giving up filmmakingin the wake of Boseman’s death, whileWinston Dukeshared that the sequel’s set had “a gaping hole when it came to his presence” when he appeared on theJemele Hill Is Unbotheredpodcast.
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“He was a very gentle presence of strength, power, and scope,” Duke, 36, said at the time. “You knew he was there, but he didn’t have to say anything. He wasn’t walking around with a big ego… You don’t realize the impact when they’re there. But when they’re not, it’s apparent. You feel it intrinsically and that was the experience on set daily for a year.”
Boseman’s final onscreen appearance came in the 2020 filmMa Rainey’s Black Bottom, though he voiced T’Challa in four episodes of the animated Disney+ seriesWhat If…?in 2021. In June, it was announced that Boseman will posthumouslyreceive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Famein Los Angeles in 2024.
source: people.com
