Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was ready to 'walk away from the business' entirely after the tragic death of his star and friend Chadwick Boseman, at age 43, in 2020.
'It was at a point when I was like, "I'm walking away from this business,"' the 36-year-old Oscar-nominated producer admitted to on Monday.
'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?"'
'It was at a point when I was like, "I'm walking away from this business"': Black Panther director Ryan Coogler (L) was ready to quit after the tragic death of his star and friend Chadwick Boseman (R), at age 43, in 2020
The 36-year-old Oscar-nominated producer (pictured September 10) admitted to EW on Monday: '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?"'
The South Carolina native never told Ryan nor Marvel Studios executives about his secret four-year battle with stage III colon cancer.
'I was poring over a lot of our conversations that we had, towards what I realized was the end of his life,' Coogler recalled.
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'I decided that it made more sense to keep going.'
The new trailer for Wakanda Forever — hitting US/UK theaters November 11 — appeared to confirm that King T'Challa's sister Shuri (Letitia Wright) will become the new Black Panther.
RIP: The South Carolina native (pictured in 2020) never told Ryan nor Marvel Studios executives about his secret four-year battle with stage III colon cancer
Coogler (pictured in 2018) recalled: 'I was poring over a lot of our conversations that we had, towards what I realized was the end of his life. I decided that it made more sense to keep going'
Hitting US/UK theaters November 11! The new trailer for Wakanda Forever appeared to confirm that King T'Challa's sister Shuri (Letitia Wright) will become the new Black Panther
The Guyanese 28-year-old (R) told EW: 'I always carried [Chadwick] in every scene. I always would ask, "Bro, what do you think?" and just try to keep a spiritual connection. He meant everything to me, and he's the reason why I'm here. He picked me to be his sister, so I couldn't have done this journey without him'
'I always carried [Chadwick] in every scene,' the Guyanese 28-year-old told EW.
'I always would ask, "Bro, what do you think?" and Серіали з українською озвучкою - https://kinogo-ua.com/30948-bezstrashnij.html just try to keep a spiritual connection. He meant everything to me, and he's the reason why I'm here. He picked me to be his sister, so I couldn't have done this journey without him.'
The Oakland-born filmmaker's two-hour and 41-minute sequel also features Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Dominique Thorne, Florence Kasumba, Michaela Coel, Tenoch Huerta, Martin Freeman, and Angela Bassett.
'One question changes everything': Chadwick's final acting role was voicing T'Challa in Marvel's 10-episode animated spin-off What If...? in which his character became the new Star-Lord (previously played by Chris Pratt)
'He put every part of himself into every role he ever took on': On September 4, Boseman won the posthumous Creative Arts Emmy Award for outstanding character voice-over performance for his work in What If...?
Ryan's original film Black Panther amassed $1.348B at the global box office in 2018, and it went on to make history as the first comic book movie to score a best picture nomination at the Academy Awards.
Chadwick's final acting role was voicing T'Challa in Marvel's 10-episode animated spin-off What If...?, in which his character became the new Star-Lord (previously played by Chris Pratt).
On September 4, Boseman the posthumous Creative Arts Emmy Award for outstanding character voice-over performance for his work in What If...?




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