During a new interview, Black Panther star Lupita Nyong'o (Nakia) revealed that Marvel Studios execs were concerned that the movie was going to be a hard sell during

The Oscar winner said during a BFI London Film Festival event (via The Hollywood Reporter) that Marvel leadership had a “lot of fear” over how the 2018 superhero film would land at the box office. “Black Panther” went on to be a blockbuster film and ignited a cultural movement. It won Academy Awards and spurred a sequel.

Kaluuya played W'Kabi in Marvel's 2018 hit opposite Boseman's T'Challa, and he was just about to see his career skyrocket. Black Panther was filming the same year Jordan Peele's horror smash Get Out released, which would thrust Kaluuya onto the international stage and earn him an Academy Award.

Lupita Nyong'o broke down in tears as she paid tribute to her late Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman. The 41-year-old actress insisted she doesn't "run away from the tears or the grief" when thinking about the late actor,

The "Black Panther" actor participated at a BFI London Film Festival event on Monday and watched a clip of her and Boseman for the first time since his death.

Lupita Nyong’o just opened up about her ongoing grief over Chadwick Boseman's passing She shared she doesn’t know if she’ll ever be done shedding tears Adding she doesn’t run away from the grief A La Niña winter is coming.

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