“Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler considered “walking away” from Hollywood following the death of actor Chadwick Boseman, he shared in a new interview.
Boseman died in 2020 at age 43 following a private, four-year battle with colon cancer.
“I was at a point when I was like, ‘I’m walking away from this business,’ ” Coogler told Entertainment Weekly.
“I didn’t know if I could make another movie period, (let alone) another ‘Black Panther’ movie, because it hurt a lot. I was like, ‘Man, how could I open myself up to feeling like this again?’ ”
Boseman starred in 2018’s “Black Panther” as T’Challa, king of the fictional African nation Wakanda who suits up as the superhero Black Panther to protect his people.