Black Panther wakanda forever movie

The actress and SAG Award winner for the first film talks about her preparation for the Marvel sequel.

We know what it’s like to be the tail and not the head; we know what it’s like to be beneath and not above. “Wakanda Forever” also allows Gurira to expand on her physicality in the role. I want Okoye in the driver’s seat on the day. “There’s so much going on in that fight. And there’s storytelling happening in that fight that was very important. There were some days you were stronger and some days other people in the cast were stronger.” He brought such joy and peace to this to the set.” And then I was disoriented because we’re trying to do this movie in the midst of being part of this grief ourselves…. We both had our shades on [in the Riri sequence] and [director] Ryan [Coogler] was like, ‘oh sweet, keep your shades on.’ Those are the shades that we just came to set with. Despite the heavy subject matter of the film, “Wakanda Forever” is still a Marvel blockbuster – filled with rousing action and bouts of comedy, including many one-liners dropped by Gurira herself. For Okoye, that means coming to terms with not only her grief but what place she might hold in the kingdom going forward. “We know what it’s like to be told there’s not a screen for you to be featured on; a stage for you to be featured on.