‘Black Panther’ Cast Honored Chadwick Boseman’s Legacy During Comic-Con: ‘I Can Feel His Hand’

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Nearly two years after Chadwick Boseman tragically died after a secret cancer battle, his former Black Panther crew is honoring his legacy in the forthcoming sequel.“He was really strong and he was getting excited and as the [teaser] clip went on he was squeezing my shoulder the whole time and when it finished, I couldn’t even lift my arm,” director Ryan Coogler said during Marvel Studios’ Saturday, July 23, panel at San Diego Comic-Con, per Variety. “I felt his hand for the rest of that day.

Standing here with you all, listening to that music and thinking about it all, I promise you I can feel his hand on me right now.”The 36-year-old director, who helmed both Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, added during the Hall H conversation: “Chad is no longer with us physically but his spirit, his passion, his genius, his pride in his culture and the impact that he made on this industry will be felt forever.

We put our love for Chadwick into this film and we also put our passion. It’s a roller-coaster of a movie.”During the MCU panel, executive producer Kevin Feige and several marvelous stars surprised Comic-Con attendees as they teased the Phase 4, 5 and 6 TV and film slates and offered first looks at the upcoming projects.

In a new teaser of Wakanda Forever, the country emotionally mourned Boseman’s character of T’Challa.“I am queen of the most powerful nation in the world, and my entire family is gone,” Angela Bassett, who plays Black Panther’s mother, Ramonda, said in the footage. “Have I not given everything?”Us Weekly previously confirmed in August 2020 that the Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom star died at the age of 43 following a battle with colon cancer.“It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing