LUPITA NYONG’O CELEBRATES CHADWICK BOSEMAN’S 46TH BIRTHDAY

Lupita Nyong’o took to social media to celebrate her late co-star Chadwick Boseman’s 46th birthday.

In an Instagram post, Nyong’o said, “The legacy continues. Join me in honouring Chadwick and his everlasting artistry on his birthday today, and if you can, give to the Chadwick Boseman Foundation for the Arts to support the intellectual, spiritual, and artistic growth of Black storytellers. @bosemanfdn @chadwickboseman #GivingTuesday.”

In mid November during the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever release, Lupita detailed the impact of his death on her life, saying the cast and crew lost family. Speaking to news.com.au, she said, “When he died, my world shattered for a while. He was a dear friend. It was helpful to be with the main cast who had gone through the same thing. We had all been on the first Black Panther film together and we were all dealing with his loss together on this film. 

Coming to the set was surreal but it was also therapeutic. When he passed, we were in covid lockdown and many of us were isolated when we found out. I was all by myself when I found out. So we never really had the chance to commiserate and grieve together. The experience really taught me why funerals are so important and why that period of gathering to mourn someone’s death is so important. It’s one of the ways you process loss.” Boseman died in 2020, at the age of 43 from colon cancer.