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Lupita Nyong’o Speaks On Shooting ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Without Chadwick Boseman: “Having Lost Our King, That Was A Lot To Process”

<p>If you thought the trailer for the &&num;8216&semi;Black Panther&&num;8217&semi; sequel had you in your feelings&comma; imagine how the cast felt while shooting it&excl; Lupita Nyong&&num;8217&semi;o recently gave some insight into the process of continuing the legacy of Wakanda without King T&&num;8217&semi;Challa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While speaking with The Hollywood Reporter&comma; the actress opened up about proceeding with the highly anticipated film after the shocking loss of co-star Chadwick Boseman&comma; who died after a private battle with colon cancer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>For us as a cast&comma; having lost our king&comma; Chadwick Boseman&comma; that was a lot to process&comma; and in many was&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re still processing it&period; When you love someone&comma; I don&&num;8217&semi;t know when you stop missing them&period; And of course&comma; we felt it so much&comma; making this film without him&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Despite the tough mourning process&comma; Nyong&&num;8217&semi;o said that being able to &&num;8220&semi;make this film against all odds&&num;8221&semi; is something that she&&num;8217&semi;s very proud to have accmplished&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>It was very therapeutic&period; It restored a sense of hope for me in making it&comma; and I think we&&num;8217&semi;ve expanded the world of Wakanda in way that will blow people&&num;8217&semi;s minds&&num;8211&semi;not just Wakanda&comma; but the &&num;8216&semi;Black Panther&&num;8217&semi; world&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s gonna blow people&&num;8217&semi;s minds&comma; and I just cannot wait until it&&num;8217&semi;s not a secret anymore&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The film&&num;8217&semi;s description speaks to the &&num;8220&semi;next chapter&&num;8221&semi; for Wakandans&comma; who aim to show strength and tenacity after T&&num;8217&semi;Challa&&num;8217&semi;s passing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter&comma; the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia &lpar;Lupita&rpar; and Everett Ross &lpar;Marin Freeman&rpar; and force a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The preview of T&&num;8217&semi;Challa&&num;8217&semi;s funeral had Black Panther fans in their feels&excl; Check out what people had to say below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CgYLk6PMuha&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CgYLk6PMuha&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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