Just hours after Dominique Thorne made her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Riri Williams in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” at the film’s world premiere in Hollywood on Oct. 26, she hopped on a…
Asked what she’ll remember most about sitting in the Dolby Theatre to watch “Wakanda Forever” for the first time, Thorne told, “Riding the waves of emotions with the audience — getting to hear and see and feel folks hold their breath, or laugh, or cry, or try to wipe away their tears discreetly from moments that touched them.”late “Black Panther” star
“This was the first time that I was in the field having to tackle what it means to grieve and move forward this directly,” Thorne explains. “I think the film was a necessary healing, not only for the audience but especially for the cast — the very real people that lost their very real friend and brother.”
It’s undoubted that Chadwick’s work, his mark on the world through playing T’Challa and the Black Panther is not only iconic, but it also unlocked this door, this wealth of emotion and wealth of opportunity and representation for Black faces and Black children in this space.
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