BlackPanther star Lupita Nyong'o reflects on balancing grief and action in WakandaForever. Watch our full interview with the cast of theblackpanther here:
, Mabel Cadena , and Alex Livinalli , and together, they shared a wide-ranging conversation about returning to Wakanda — from honoring Boseman to diving deep with the underwater-set sequel.Danai Gurira as Okoye and Letitia Wright as Shuri in 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'which finds the nation of Wakanda mourning the death of its late king T'Challa .
"I had spoken with Chad [Boseman] about that aspect of the script, and he was really excited," Coogler says. "That was something he was fired up about. I remember we were at a restaurant in Los Feliz the first time we talked about possibly having indigenous American representation in the film. He got the biggest smile, like, 'They're never going to see this coming. It's awesome.
The cast say they leaned heavily on each other on set, and Coogler also praised his stars for their own "unique superpowers," some of which he wrote into the story. Nyong'o, for example, is Kenyan-Mexican and was born in Mexico City, so she relished scenes where her character Nakia got to speak in Spanish. "For me, this film represents different sides of my heritage," she explains.
The film also spends plenty of time under the sea in Namor's lavish kingdom of Talokan, and Gurira was particularly excited to shoot scenes in the water — especially since she!" the actress says. Coogler remembers Gurira cornering him early in the production, begging him for more underwater scenes, and when they finally started filming in a specially constructed pool, she literally swam laps around her castmates.
"She was so happy," Coogler remembers with a laugh. "She was smiling from ear to ear. She was like, 'I get to swim today!' I was telling the cameraman, 'Yo, be ready, bro. Back up. She's gonna come right at you like a shark.'"is in theaters Nov. 11. Watch EW's full Around the Table interview above.
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