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

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Lupita Nyong'o Says Chadwick Boseman's Death Was Texted From Viola Davis - Hollywood Life

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Lupita Nyong'o takes a portrait to promote the film "Little monster" at Salesforce Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah Sundance Film Festival 2019 - "Little monster" Portrait Session, Park City, USA - January 28, 2019 — Image credit: Image Press Agency / NurPhoto / Shutterstock

Lupita Nyong’o thinking about the passing of her good friend and co-star Chadwick Boseman when she went on a promotional tour for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The sequel to the 2018 Marvel blockbuster is due out on November 11, but there is no main star in the original, as Chadwick, who played T’Challa/Black Panther, died in August 2020 at the age of 20. 43 after one four-year battle with colon cancer. Lupita revealed that she learned of his grieving death through a text message from her Hollywood peer, Viola Davisevery The Hollywood Reporter.

Lupita Nyong’o said she learned of Chadwick Boseman’s passing from a text message from Viola Davis. (Everett Collection)

“I couldn’t believe it,” Lupita explained. “I was paralyzed.” The impact was huge, as Lupita said she knew he was sick, but didn’t know he was terminally ill. “Losing your center point, everything has changed,” she continued. “When you say the world revolves around him, it revolves around him, yes.”

“He has an aura,” she added. “He’s the leader, and we’re all good with it.”

About ten days after his tragic death, Lupita went to her side Instagram share one painful remembrance to Chadwick, saying her words came “from a place of despair,” but nevertheless, she wanted to “honor a man with great hope.”

Lupita said she was ‘paralyzed’ when she heard the news of Chadwick’s death. (Everett Collection)

“I remember being struck by his quiet and powerful presence,” she wrote in part. “He doesn’t broadcast about him at all, but there is a higher frequency that he seems to be active from. You get the feeling that he’s fully present and somehow fully aware of things in the distant future as well. “

During the interview, Lupita also revealed that she agrees with Marvel’s decision not to recycle T’Challa. “It wasn’t Black Panther’s death, that was the whole point,” she told the outlet. “It is lying down to rest [T’Challa] and let real life inform the stories of the movies. I know that there are all kinds of reasons people want him to be recap, but I just don’t have the patience. I have no presence of mind, or I have no objectivity to argue with that. I do not. I am very biased.”