Lupita Nyong’o Remembers Chadwick Boseman On ‘Black Panther’ Star’s Birthday

Lupita Nyong’o couldn’t let this day pass without a callback to one of her favorite colleagues.

Taking to Instagram, Nyong’o remembered fellow actor and Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman today on what would have been his 46th birthday.

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Boseman died on August. 28, 2020 from colon cancer, shocking a world largely unaware of his grave illness.

“Marking the birthday of a heroic friend. I am blessed that his time on this earth coincided with mine. @chadwickboseman (Polaroid taken in Seoul, Korea, in 2018 while promoting #BlackPanther.)

Nyong’o portayed Nakia in Black Panther (2018) and the 2022 sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

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