Michaela Coel expressed her pride at being joining the cast of Wakanda Forever, as she took her place on the red carpet in London for the film’s European premiere.
Coel was the first Black woman to receive the Emmy Award in Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series. You could be killed, told the BBC: “The feeling it gives me, as a woman of colour, to see my story reflected back still gives me a rush of exhilaration to be seen.
“This cast give me a lot of confidence, I feel proud to be among them.”
Coel is now playing Aneka, a brand-new character Wakanda ForeverThe eagerly awaited sequel to Black Panther, which took more than $1.34 billion for Marvel on its release in 2018. The trailer for the sequel was seen by more than 170million people within 24 hours of its release.
Black Panther, in addition to its enormous box office, was the first superhero film ever to win an Oscar nomination for best movie. Three gongs were awarded to the film for original score and costume design, as well as production design.
Coel joined stars including Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong’o at the premiere, where Gurira, reprising her role of plays Okoye, said she hoped Black Panther “paves the way”Other franchisees can cast strong black female leads.
The death in 2020 is the shadow that casts a shadow over the sequel. Black PantherChadwick Boseman led the filming of the sequel, while Gurira described it as being filmed without him “an intense process”.
Nyong’o told the BBC that director Ryan Coogler came up with a plot that could reflect the 43-year-old’s death which she said would “really resonate with people”.
“Respecting Chadwick and what he started us off is the way forward,” Nyong’o told BBC News. “Ryan was so smart to embrace the loss and make this film about what we do when we lose somebody because we all experience it at one point.
“The honesty with it will surprise people and the fact you can do that without compromising on the fun, and the spectacle, is a feat and I’m really proud.”