Danai Gurira on how she honoured Chadwick Boseman in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Danai Gurira says she attempted to honour the memory of Chadwick Boseman by giving everything she had in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

The pair starred together in the first Black Panther and received praise for their chemistry with each other and the rest of the cast. Wakanda Forever, the sequel, will be released in November of 2022 but Boseman is not involved after tragically passing away in 2020 after losing his battle with cancer.

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The movie will focus on how the people of Wakanda have dealt with the loss of King T'Challa, as Boseman's death has been written into the storyline.

“Ryan actually talks you through it first, and then you get the script much later. So I was able to really think about a lot of what he'd told me before," Gurira said.

"And then, yes, then the script came later, and yeah, it was no small task. It was like, ‘Okay, this is amazing, but this is also a... It's a lot to accomplish. The whole goal of this movie was to honour Chadwick and that was really at the core of why we came back together after we'd lost him, was about honouring him through the legacy he started.

“So, with him as an anchor and the memory of him as such an anchor, it was just knowing that watching him work the last time and how much he gave of himself at all times. You just go into this giving your all as well. And that's how you honour him.”

Black Panther 2 a collaborative effort

Gurira has praised Coogler for his process as it allows the cast to be involved in a collaborative effort on the set.

“He definitely does some pull-asides. He'll come and talk to you, or he will pull you a little to the side," the Walking Dead actress continued.

"He's very collaborative. When he sees something he's telling you to, ‘Try it this way,” or, ‘Try it that way’ or he's changing up a line with you. He's really in it with you. On the day of, it’s very much that moment in the process, where we're really cooking, is on the day, on the set.

"And, that's where an idea will spark him. There are things that can shift in what you have done over several takes that could shift in the next take because something's clicked and that's exciting.”