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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever cast – who’s who in Marvel film, from Letitia Wright and Lupita Nyong’o to new actors entering the MCU
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever may not have Chadwick Boseman, who died in 2020, starring as T’Challa but it revisits the fictional country his character led
- The Marvel movie features returning stars such as Letitia Wright as T’Challa’s sister and Lupita Nyong’o as his grieving lover, and several new faces
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When Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer in August 2020, the news blindsided Marvel fans around the world.
No community was hit harder than the tight-knit group who worked alongside him in creating one of the most popular and influential superhero films of all time.
Two years later, Marvel head Kevin Feige, director Ryan Coogler and the rest of the cast and crew have the daunting task of revisiting the world of Wakanda and continuing the story without their iconic leading man.
Rather than recast the role, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever attempts to do something different: to explore the grieving process on screen while simultaneously fulfilling the obligations of a superhero blockbuster.
So who are the performers faced with this impossible challenge? We introduce the new and returning stars of Marvel’s latest action spectacular.
Letitia Wright as Shuri
The Guyanese-British actress honed her craft in British television shows such as Top Boy, Doctor Who and Black Mirror – for which she received an Emmy nomination – before landing the role of T’Challa’s younger sister.
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