“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star Letitia Wright said during a candid Q&A this weekend that she first heard about her on-screen brother Chadwick Boseman’s death via email — and that she was “at a loss” .
Wright’s reminiscence came on the heels of a SAG Awards screening of the sequel, which hit theaters on Friday to rave reviews. Wright plays Shuri, the sister of Boseman’s character.
She said she was confused why someone sent her condolences in an email, only to find her phone full of tragic text messages, according to ET.
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“I thought to myself, ‘I’m going to make it all go away. I’m going to call Chad and he’ll answer the phone,’” Wright said. “And I saw Daniel Kaluuya [calling]… And I say, “Why is this brother calling me?” … I said, ‘Yeah, so you have about five seconds to tell me it’s not real.’
“He said, ‘What are you doing?’ Wright recalled. “I said, ‘I’m calling Chad.’ And he said, “Tish, the family.” And that’s when I lost her.”
Boseman died in August 2020, aged 43, after being diagnosed with colon cancer four years earlier.
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Kaluuya, who played a fellow Wakandan in “Black Panther” but does not appear in the second film, told Jemele Hill in 2021 that Boseman’s death was an “unquantifiable” loss.
He said the entire cast was “ready to honor what he gave” and couldn’t get over Boseman’s resistance to keeping his terminal colon cancer private and enduring long shooting days for the 2018 film.
Wright said he wants to continue to honor Boseman.
“I promised myself that I would honor God and I would honor Chad because I have a talent and I have to use it,” Wright said over the weekend. “This character is a blessing. The reason I got the part of Shuri is because of Chad. He said, “She, this is my sister, stop auditioning people.”
Source: Huff Post
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