Chadwick Boseman’s legacy is honored in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.’ Here’s how his loved ones have responded to the film.
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Boseman’s widow and brother have shown their support for the Marvel sequel.
After Chadwick Boseman’s death in 2020, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler almost didn’t continue making the planned sequel — or making films at all. “I was at a point when I was like, ‘I’m walking away from this business,’” he recently told Entertainment Weekly. “I didn’t know if I could make another movie period, [let alone] another Black Panther movie, because it hurt a lot. I was like, ‘Man, how could I open myself up to feeling like this again?’”
Ultimately, Coogler and the Black Panther cast were able to move forward with the film, and they made sure to honor Boseman throughout the film — from a new, Black Panther-centric title card to a dedication in the credits set to Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up.” And then there’s the plot itself, which sees Boseman’s Black Panther castmates channel their own real-world grief into their characters, who are struggling themselves with the loss of Boseman’s character, T’Challa.
