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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest, critics and fans are

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Speaker 1: like a raving and how beautifully Black Panther Wakanda Forever

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Speaker 1: handles the passing of Chadwick Boseman, who played the title

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Speaker 1: character in the first installment before the coming to his

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Speaker 1: battle with cancer in Upin Yongo, who plays Nikkia in

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Speaker 1: the franchise, certainly embodied the spirit of strength and grief

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Speaker 1: in the film. She tells the Hollywood Reporter her performance,

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Speaker 1: who was directly inspired by Chadwick's widow Simon's resilience. At

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Speaker 1: his memorial service, she says, I just bore witness to

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Speaker 1: the strength she possessed. And I remember being so shocked

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Speaker 1: because I was broken and here she was just so grounded.

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Speaker 1: She was like an oak. And when I was getting

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Speaker 1: ready to play Nikia, I thought about Simone a lot.

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Speaker 1: Black Panther mcconna for evers in theaters. That's direct from

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Speaker 1: Hollywood