‘Black Panther’ Breakout Letitia Wright is Just Getting Started
By Sonaiya Kelly | Los Angeles Times
“My voice is all gone,” said Letitia Wright. “I sound like a hoarse-y man.”
While the sentiment was a bit of an exaggeration, Wright was beginning to go hoarse after a week of nonstop press for Marvel’s highly anticipated “Black Panther.”
In the film (now playing in theaters), Wright shines as Shuri, King T’Challa’s 16-year-old sister and the princess of the fictional African country of Wakanda. (With a short, asymmetrical haircut and delicate features, the 24-year-old convincingly passes for a teenager.)
“People her age are not usually put in charge of things,” Wright said of Shuri. “You have to look to the adults all the time.”
As described on the film’s promotional posters, Shuri is T’Challa’s right-hand woman (well, one of them) and very much her brother’s keeper.
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