“I just remember just sitting there in silence, just thinking about it,” she told E! News October 2022. “Losing your son, losing your king, and it was just such reverence that we have in general, but of course, even more so without him. We saw the measure of himself that he gave on a daily basis, on a moment-to-basis, with each and every person and we were just trying to emulate that.”
Meanwhile, Danai Gurira, who played T’Challa’s bodyguard Okoye, shared that being on set was a part of her own healing journey.
“One of the things that was very, very nourishing to me as we shot this film was keeping his image and his memory so close at all times,” she said, “and knowing how he functioned in a space, how he was a creator and was all about the generosity towards others, and also just relentless pursuit of excellence and just really loving on each other.”
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