

‘Miss Angela said I had a lot of energy so needed to come to acting classes.

Her life changed when a teacher introduced her to drama. If you don’t, something’s wrong with your heart It was Boseman who eased Wright’s anxiety on the first film when, she says, ‘I was nervous, I didn’t know if I was doing a good job and did a lot of crying in my hotel room looking at my script.’ One of the most joyful moments they shared was when Boseman invited her to take a helicopter to Santa Barbara with him, to promote the film. It is still not real to me that he is not here.’ It was one of the toughest projects I’ve done in 10 years of my career. We acknowledged that we were grieving - you can’t master grief, but you have to try and find ways not to let it overtake you. ‘It was painful going back on set without Chad,’ says Wright. His role has not been recast, and the film includes a song by Rihanna, ‘Lift Me Up’, composed in tribute to him. The star of the first film, Chadwick Boseman, who played King T’Challa, died of colon cancer in 2020. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENTīut there is also a sadness hanging over the Black Panther reunion.
