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Lupita Nyong’o on Becoming a Scream Queen and Living With Grief After Chadwick Boseman’s Death: “I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Be Done Shedding My Tears”

The 'Black Panther' star also said that when filming the 2018 Black-led movie with Boseman: "Marvel was shaking in their boots a little bit. We were too! But it totally shattered the myth that Black doesn't sell."

Lupita Nyong’o spoke about becoming a certified scream queen with frequent horror movie appearances and coping with her persisting grief after the death of Chadwick Boseman at a BFI London Film Festival event on Monday. Nyong’o, best known for her roles in 12 Years a Slave, A Quiet Place: Day One, and Black Panther alongside Boseman, spoke at a Screen Talk event on Monday while promoting her new film, The Wild Robot. Afterwards, the conversation moved onto Nyong’o’s appearances in horror films Little Monsters, Jordan Peele’s Us, as well as the most recent A Quiet Place sequel opposite Joseph Quinn.

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