Lupita Nyong’o has shared that the death of her close friend and Black Panther co-star, Chadwick Boseman, from colon cancer in August 2020 profoundly impacted her while working on A Quiet Place: Day One.
Boseman’s private battle with cancer and his passing at the age of 43 left Nyong’o deeply shaken. Reflecting on this experience, she told an outlet, “It shook me to my core.” We all miss Chadwick. He was more than just an actor but an inspiration and champion for everyone – not just just within the culture but all those fighting cancer and more.
Get this, the 41-year-old actress found her work on the film to be therapeutic. “I definitely was thinking about that a lot,” she explained. “What I came to realize is that it’s really important to be reminded of our mortality because then we live life just a little more intentionally. When we think we have all the time in the world, we can really take people for granted and experiences for granted.”
When it comes to the performance of A Quiet Place: Day One, the film has been performing well at the box office. After it’s opening weekend, A Quiet Place: Day One finished in second place behind Inside Out 2, one of the biggest films of all time, surpassing the openings of its predecessors, with a $53 million start compared to the $50 million and $47 million openings of the first two films. Boom. Or should we say “Shhhh …” The original film had a budget of $17 million, while the sequel’s budget was $61 million. Day One, with a budget of $67 million, is the most expensive in the franchise. The first two films, largely carried by Emily Blunt, grossed over $638 million. Day One, anchored by Lupita Nyong’o, would need the highest worldwide gross of the series to reach the billion-dollar mark. So this installment costs way more than the first with even more allocated to marketing but it’s performing well, so we’ll see how it all ends.
A Quiet Place: Day One is currently in theaters and is set to stream on Paramount+ in the coming months. Gonna check it out? We think ya’ll should!
