Lupita Nyong'o is her A quiet place: Day one From Chadwick Boseman's death to his cancer story.
In an interview peopleNyong'o talked about her cancer storyline. A quiet place: Day oneAfter losing her, he called it “very therapeutic.” Black Panther In 2020, Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer, along with a fellow actor. At the time, Boseman was 43 years old.
A quiet place: Day oneIn the prequel film, which had the biggest opening weekend in horror franchise history with $53 million, Nyong'o plays a terminally ill cancer patient in hospice care at the beginning of the film.
“It was scary to have to go there,” Nyong’o said of her role. “Before this apocalypse, she’s facing her own mortality, and her life is slipping through her fingers. It was scary, psychologically and emotionally, to have to go there.”
But she said her relationship with Bozeman had a greater impact on her.
“Ultimately, it was actually very therapeutic because I had just experienced the death of Chadwick Boseman a few years ago. It shook me to my core,” Nyong’o said. people. “I’ve definitely been thinking about it a lot.”
“What I’ve found is that it’s really important to remind ourselves of our mortality, because it allows us to live our lives a little more intentionally,” she added. “When we think we have all the time in the world, we can take people for granted and experiences for granted.”