Lupita Nyong’o teared up paying tribute to her “Black Panther” co-star Chadwick Boseman during a BFI London Film Festival Q&A about her career.
After organizers played a clip from the 2018 film, in which Nyong’o starred as Nakia opposite Boseman’s T’Challa, the Oscar-winning actor admitted, “I haven’t seen the film since Chadwick died” before welling up. As Nyong’o struggled to speak, the moderator offered to move on to talking about her next film but Nyong’o declined, taking a minute to compose herself before continuing.
“The grief is just the love,” she said. “There’s no place to put it. I don’t run away from the tears or the grief.
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