Guest on the set of C to you Tuesday April 30, 2024, Lupita Nyong’o, the interpreter of Nakia in the successful super-production Black Panther spoke about the sudden death of her former filming partner, Chadwick Boseman, who succumbed to colon cancer in August 2020.
A tragic fate. In 2016, the career of American actor Chadwick Boseman took a significant turn. Aged 39 at the time, he played T’Challa, a Marvel superhero, in the film Captain America: Civil War. His character caused such enthusiasm among spectators that he had his own film two years later, entitled Black Panther.
The role of Chadwick Boseman made him a real model around the world and the actor continued to make big budget films. But at the age of 43, he suddenly died, shocking his admirers. “It is with immeasurable sorrow that we confirm the passing of Chadwick Boseman. Chadwick had stage 3 colon cancer since 2016 and battled it for the past four years as it progressed to stage 4.”revealed those close to him on social networks in August 2020, announcing the actor’s illness which he had hidden for years.
“It continues to affect me”
A prodigy gone too soon. Tuesday April 30, 2024, the Mexican-Kenyan director and actress, Lupita Nyong’o, who played the character of Nakia in the films Black Panther, was invited on the set of C to you to answer questions from Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine’s team. The 41-year-old American actress had the opportunity to view images where she played alongside Chadwick Boseman, which caused her a lot of emotion. “It’s been a long time since I saw this excerpt. It continues to affect me.”she admitted, before speaking about the sadness felt by the entire cast of the Marvel saga upon the announcement of the death of the main character of its films.
“It’s a loss that takes a long time to accept. We were all moved. Everyone was suffering when he died”, guaranteed the forty-year-old. She notably explained that the second opus, entitled Black Panther: Forever Wakanda, had been carried out “to celebrate one’s life, to move forward in mourning”. Lupita Nyong’o wanted to make it clear that the disappearance of someone is always difficult for those close to them who can only be satisfied with memories.
