‘We have to give as much to his legacy as he gave to us’: Daniel Kaluuya confirms there WILL be a Black Panther sequel to honour the ‘incredible’ late Chadwick Boseman
- The Black Panther star passed away in August 2020 at the age of just 43 after a private four-year battle with colon cancer
- His family revealed in a statement the actor was diagnosed with stage three cancer in 2016 that later progressed to stage four
- Several of Boseman’s movies were filmed ‘during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy,’ his family said at the time
He wowed audiences as W’Kabi in the award-winning Marvel film Black Panther in 2018.
And Daniel Kaluuya has revealed the Black Panther sequel will honour the legacy of his ‘incredible’ late co-star Chadwick Boseman following his death in August 2020 at the age of just 43.
The actor, 31, said on Friday night’s upcoming episode of The Graham Norton Show: ‘We are going to have to honour Chadwick on it and give as much to his legacy as he gave to us because he gave us everything.’
‘He gave us everything’: Daniel Kaluuya has revealed the Black Panther sequel will honour the legacy of his late co-star Chadwick Boseman
‘He was an incredible man with an incredible soul,’ the Get Out star told host Graham Norton in admiration via a Zoom appearance.
Chadwick died in August at age 43 after a private four-year battle with colon cancer.
Despite his diagnosis, the actor continued to work and filmed several movies ‘during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy,’ his family revealed in a statement at the time.
Fans had speculated whether Chadwick’s character would be recast to another actor or even created through CG technology in the Black Panther sequel.
Tragic: The actor passed away in August at the age of just 43 after a private four-year battle with colon cancer (Chadwick and Daniel pictured in Black Panther in 2018)
But Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed in January that this would not be the case.
He said: ‘We’re not going to have a CG Chadwick and we’re not recasting T’Challa.’
Daniel is soon set to star in a new crime biopic Judas and the Black Messiah.
The actor will play the iconic Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, who was betrayed by FBI informant William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield), who infiltrated the group as part of a plea deal.
Speaking on his preparation to play the real-life political activist, Daniel told Graham: ‘I had to do so much – I read all of the Black Panther reading list to try and understand the thinking.’
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‘I had an opera singing coach help me project my voice for all the speeches,’ he revealed. ‘It was a lot and I worked really hard.’
Despite the politically charged plots of many of Daniel’s latest films, the actor has said he doesn’t want his career to be defined by a race debate.
He previously said in an interview with the Radio Times: ‘The Fades ain’t about race, Psychoville ain’t about race, Skins ain’t about race, Chatroom ain’t about race, Johnny English Reborn ain’t about race.
‘But that almost gets erased. There’s a narrative that is pushed. I’m not going to ignore that I’m surrounded by (racial issues), but I’m not defined by it. I’m just Daniel, who happens to be black.’