What must it be like coming in fresh to one of, if not the, biggest film franchises in the world? Black Panther stars Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong’o had to deal with not only joining a huge multi-connected universe, but also working alongside Chadwick Boseman’s established superhero T’Challa. For the actors, however, the distance provided by Wakanda worked as a safety net, not a noose, as they explained to me when we sat down to talk about the film. Lupita Nyong’o, who plays Nakia and is no stranger to big movie properties thanks to her role as Maz Kanata in Star Wars, was only too keen to push the enormity of the universe to one side, saying: “When you’re taking on a project, you can’t really think about the size of the world that has been established.” Big Questions 6 questions I have after watching Black Panther In fact, for Nyong’o, the isolated nation of Wakanda, away from the troubles and travails of other MCU heroes and the Avengers, works in her favour when making her presence felt on-screen. “Lucky for us, this is a different area of the Marvel Cinematic Universe,” Nyong’o explains. “So this is our cinematic origin…