‘Black Panther’s Winston Duke Reveals His Mother Recently Passed Away + Opens Up About Filming Sequel Without Chadwick Boseman: In Death, The Struggle Is Finding Ways To Hold Onto People

‘Black Panther’s Winston Duke Reveals His Mother Recently Passed Away + Opens Up About Filming Sequel Without Chadwick Boseman: In Death, The Struggle Is Finding Ways To Hold Onto People

‘Us‘ star Winston Duke is opening up about grief and coping with loss both off and on set.

During a recent interview, the ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘ star revealed that he lost his mother just three weeks ago. He also opened up about his experience filming the sequel without his late costar, Chadwick Boseman, who passed away in 2020 after a secret battle with colon cancer.

When asked what it’s been like to make the franchise’s second installment without Boseman, Winston Duke explained,

“It’s really hard, but I don’t think he’s not with us..His efforts and his work and his legacy is with us. We carry him with us in our hearts. On set, we never had a number one on the call sheet. It started at number two because, Chadwick, we saved a space for him the entire time.”

Chadwick Boseman

He continued,

“I always say that in death, the struggle is finding ways to hold onto people. In life, it’s how to let go of people, whether they’re good for you or not. In death, it’s how do you hold on, and we hold onto him in our hearts, in our work, in how we approach life moving forward.”

Reflecting on his most recent experience with grief, Winston Duke opened up about the loss of his mother who passed away just days ahead of the sequel’s world premiere.

“I’ve realized in suffering a lot of loss myself, losing Chadwick, losing my mother maybe 20 days ago or so, I realize how intimately tied the narrative of superheroes and grief is. And that’s what really makes them strong and relatable and powerful.”

Duke continued,

“Who is Spider-Man without Uncle Ben? Who is Batman without his parents? Who is Superman without all of Krypton? It’s about loss and the triumph of coming through that.”

Winston Duke

As for Duke’s character M’Baku, the actor is excited to see the growth and evolution.

He explained,

“My character doesn’t pray to Basts. So, I don’t know if that’s a reality, but seeing him come into his own right as a full supporter, and practice of faith of Hanuman, would be incredible. Seeing him super-powered and fully evolved would be incredible.”

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever his theaters on Nov. 11.

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