Ryan Coogler: Making Black Panther without Chadwick Boseman was uncomfortable

Ryan Coogler spoke of the experience of directing the second instalment of Black Panther following the death of Chadwick Boseman (Suzan Moore/PA)

Ryan Coogler has said he was not comfortable directing the second instalment of Black Panther after his lead actor Chadwick Boseman died.

The 36-year-old also became tearful while delivering Bafta’s David Lean Lecture and discussing Boseman, who died in 2020 aged 43 from colon cancer and played Marvel superhero King T’Challa.