Letitia Wright Reveals ‘Traumatic’ Injuries She Suffered On ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Set For The First Time

Letitia Wright, 29, finally addressed the “traumatic” injuries she suffered portion filming Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, in a caller interrogation with Variety. The incidental happened successful August 2021, according to Letitia, erstwhile the histrion was filming a pursuit series connected a “biscuit rig” successful Boston. “It clipped a median and sheared the motorcycle off, and it tumbled,” producer Nate Moore told Variety about the accident, which resulted successful Letitia being hospitalized with injuries including a fractured enarthrosis and a concussion.

Letitia Wright for ‘Variety’ (Photo: Art Streiber for Variety)

Letitia, who plays Shuri successful the Marvel movie franchise, said that she’s “still processing” the scary incident. “I’m inactive moving done it successful therapy. It was truly traumatic,” the histrion added. Director Ryan Coogler, 36 was not connected acceptable erstwhile the incidental happened and was informed astir it implicit the phone. “It was astir however you tin imagine,” helium said to Variety. “I mean, I emotion these actors. That’s maine and Chad’s small sister. Imagine getting that telephone that your small sister’s hurt. It’s the f***ing worst happening successful the world.”

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, 49, was besides told what hap to Letitia. “It was horrifying connected immoderate accumulation happening to anybody,” helium said. “It was peculiarly harsh connected this accumulation that was already, uh…emotionally strained.” Letitia received visits from some Kevin and Ryan successful the hospital. “I conscionable retrieve wanting to decorativeness my film, man,” she recalled. “I deliberation that was 1 of the archetypal things I said to Ryan. And helium was like, ‘Tish, you request to recover.’ “

After the formed and unit filmed scenes without Letitia, accumulation connected the superhero flick officially unopen down successful November 2021 truthful Letitia could recover. They resumed filming 2 months later, successful January 2022, but Letitia was inactive dealing with post-concussion syndrome. “I had great, great, large aesculapian support, large patience connected set,” she told Variety. “I’m conscionable highly arrogant of myself. I’m highly arrogant of Ryan, of the team, for conscionable the resilience — overcoming adversities each measurement of the way,” Letitia said, referring to Chadwick Boseman‘s death. “When I finished filming, I cried similar a small baby,” she added.

Angela Bassett, Ryan Coogler, and Letitia Wright (Photo: Art Streiber for Variety)

While Letitia was recovering, reports claimed that she wasn’t vaccinated against COVID-19, aft the histrion had posted a since-deleted tweet wherever she questioned the efficacy of the vaccine. But shaper Nate Moore told Variety that determination was nary play astir Letitia’s vaccination presumption connected the set. “It’s not a question we asked of anybody, to beryllium rather hones. She ne'er talked astir her views either way. We work the stories that I would reason were unfair, due to the fact that I don’t cognize wherever they’re coming from. As idiosyncratic who virtually is connected acceptable adjacent to the show each the time, I consciousness similar I would person heard it.” Letitia did not code her vaccination presumption successful the interrogation with Variety.

Letitia stars successful the Black Panther sequel with Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Danai Gurira, and Angela Bassett, alongside MCU newcomers Tenoch Huerta, Dominique Thorne, and Michaela Coel. The highly-anticipated Marvel movie does not diagnostic Wakanda King T’Challa, aft Chadwick’s tragic passing from colon crab successful 2020 astatine the property of 43. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever comes retired Nov. 11.