Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star and Shuri actor Letitia Wright recently talked about how the Marvel Cinematic Universe film's post-credits scene -- where Shuri meets the son of her late brother and predecessor T'Challa, Toussaint/T'Challa -- got to her emotionally.

Wright discussed the scene while speaking to Variety, saying that to her, it was "another extension of the ways in which [the cast and crew] wanted to honor Chadwick [Boseman, who played the original T'Challa]," especially in regard to his role as the King of Wakanda. "In the movie that Chadwick was written into before he passed, there is a journey of a father and son," Wright continued. "When reading it, I could sense we had to find a way to continue the legacy of what T'Challa means to the world, especially to young Black men. That scene messed me up."

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Prior to Wright's interview, Wakanda Forever editor Michael P. Shawver revealed that the meeting between aunt and nephew almost happened earlier in the movie. "But [co-editors Kelley Dixon, Jennifer Lame and I] realized that it was sort of stepping on Shuri's journey, that twist was taking center stage when it shouldn't, when it needed to be her," Shawver explained. "And so then, as we were cutting with [director] Ryan [Coogler] in the studio, we said let's move this, let's move this to the end."

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Interestingly, Wright's co-star and Queen Ramonda actor Angela Bassett had stated that she had filmed a scene where Ramonda meets Toussaint. However, the scene wasn't included in the final cut, so as to make the twist about Toussaint a surprise for both Shuri and the audience. Bassett explained that the scene's exclusion was the right call.

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Similar to Wright's words about the original T'Challa becoming a father in the initial plot, Coogler himself had previously said that Wakanda Forever was always going to explore grief, seeing the hero also dealing the fact that he lost five years of his life thanks to Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War. "The character was going to be grieving the loss of time, you know, coming back after being gone for five years," Coogler stated. "As a man with so much responsibility to so many, coming back after a forced five years absence, that's what the film was tackling. He was grieving time he couldn't get back. Grief was a big part of it."

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is now in theaters.

Source: Variety