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(It became the first Marvel Studios film in history to earn an Oscar nod for Best Picture.)
Danai Gurira and Angela Bassett in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’.Eli Adé/Marvel Studios
(A Bassett winmay be imminent as well.)
(More on T’Challa’s son in a minute.)
I was like, ‘Man, how could I open myself up to feeling like this again?'"
Letitia Wright as Shuri in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.'.Annette Brown/Marvel Studios
“I always carried him in every scene,” Wright previously told EW.
“I always would ask, ‘Bro, what do you think?’
and just make a run at keep a spiritual connection.
Tenoch Huerta.Eli Adé/Marvel Studios
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.”
New heroes rise
Even asWakanda Foreverpays tribute to T’Challa, it also introduces several new heroes.
Fortunately for Shuri, she’s not standing alone.
“I love the fact that she is just fully herself,” Thorne said.
“She’s definitely not the typical or traditional superhero.
(For more on Riri Williams, read EW’sinterview with Thorne here.)
Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta stars as Namor, the mercurial mutant leader of the underwater kingdom of Talokan.
Still, Huerta had to do some major training before suiting up (or stripping down?)
“That was something he was fired up about.
He got the biggest smile, like, ‘They’re never going to see this coming.
It’s awesome.'”
(Read afull breakdown of the end-credits scene here.)
