Letitia Wright’s vaccination status, whatever it is, didn’t affect Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s schedule, says producer
Letitia Wright called a previous report questioning her vaccination status "completely untrue" as Angela Bassett and producer Nate Moore come to her defense
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is shaping up to be a unique triumph for Disney and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Yet there still remain some lingering doubts surrounding the movie’s messy production, during which Letitia Wright suffered an injury that delayed filming. While she recuperated, The Hollywood Reporter published a story suggesting that her COVID-19 vaccination status might cause further delays. Wright called the report “completely untrue,” though she had previously posted vaccine-skeptical content on her social media. Long story short: the issue has haunted the actor for years now.
Even on the eve of the film’s projected victory lap, questions about her vaccination status remain. In a feature story about the film, Variety tried to ask Wright about the reports regarding her vaccination status, but “her publicist interrupted the call to insist the interview move on to the next question.” Later, the outlet was told she would “respond to emailed questions” on the subject, but “two days after the questions were sent, however, the rep said ‘schedule changes’ prevented Wright from responding, and directed Variety to her Instagram statement from 2021.”
Co-star Angela Bassett and producer Nate Moore both claimed never to have heard Wright evangelizing about vaccines on the set of the film. Moore’s comments, however, seem to reveal that the production never required vaccinations at all. “It’s not a question we asked of anybody, to be quite honest,” he told Variety. “She never talked about her views either way. We read the stories that I would argue were unfair, because I don’t know where they’re coming from. As someone who literally is on set next to the monitor all the time, I feel like I would have heard it.”
While it was speculated that a lack of vaccination might prevent Wright from returning to the U.S. after she recovered from her on-set injury, her status didn’t prevent any further delays, according to Moore. “She only ever was the utmost professional and a joy to have around. She didn’t cost us a moment,” he said. “I mean, her injury was the thing that cost us, and that was no fault of her own.”
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Ok but is she vaccinated or not?
Yes, she’s one of those two things, is my understanding.
lol nice
When I put her in a box and it turns out she’s both until you open the box at which point she ends up being a dead cat.
One of the lesser known side effects of the vaccine. So, I guess that answers that.
Well at this point, while you 100% should get the vaccine, does it even matter. I am vaxxed and boosted, I jumped on that bandwagon as soon as I could. But the recent variants are nothing like the first round when COVID hit and folks were dropping dead left and right. At this point it has kind of turned into something more like the flu.
Well at this point, while you 100% should get the vaccine, does it even matter.
Yes, it matters.
Does it matter to the world? Probably not. It tells us about her as a person though.
The flu still kills more unvaccinated people than vaccinated people.
The number of influenza deaths in Australia dropping from as much as over 1000/year to 2 in 2021 was one of the bits of good news from our public health measures for Covid-19. I hope we keep some of that improvement at least.
People really weren’t dropping dead left and right. As might be expected, the elderly and vulnerable were hardest hit during the initial wave, but there was never a truly significant death toll for otherwise healthy (or relatively healthy) individuals.Of course, at the time, no one could know that, so the prudent thing to do was (and continues to be) getting vaccinated and boosted as quickly as possible.
So why are so many young people dropping dead of heart attacks shortly after getting COVID? Long Flu doesn’t cause systemic issues.It’s going to be a hard winter.
It is still far, far more deadly and damaging than the flu.
Speaking of which, we’re already seeing a surge of influenza cases this year, starting off in the south. So, yes, vaccination status still matters. Both flu and COVID can still be deadly.
The reaction from the publicist pretty clearly shows that she’s not. She could’ve just said “Yes” & shut the whole line of questioning down, but she didn’t.It’s like when people say “I can neither confirm nor deny…”. It’s just a roundabout way of saying yes, otherwise the answer would’ve just been a straight no.
Is an example of a question that would violate her privacy.
Good?
I mean this always was a conspiracy theory. The official report was a delay due to an injury while filming (which is common).
No one was denying the official report. The “conspiracy theory” originated from an article that explicitly cited her injury:After sustaining an on-set injury in August, the Guyanese-born British actress went home to London.Now, a return to the U.S. for a possible shoot in Atlanta, where Wakanda Forever is based, could be an issue. On Nov. 8, the CDC implemented rules that require all non-immigrant, non-citizen air travelers to the U.S. be fully vaccinated and provide proof of vaccination status before boarding a plane. Wright is not a U.S. citizen. My guess is still that Letitia didn’t want to get vaccinated, but ultimately when presented with the choice between getting the vaccine and potentially losing millions of dollars, she chose the money. It’s not like it’s a crazy theory. Fox News’ line-up of anchors is full of vaccinated people who repeat anti-vax lies on the air.
Yeah, I’m guessing she didn’t want to get vaccinated but eventually did, and part of why she’s so unforthcoming about it is because she’s not especially happy she did it/she doesn’t want to look wrong or like she flipflopped/probably she associates with people in her real life who are antivax, and doesn’t want to lose face with them.
Her silence seems telling I really liked her as Shuri, ironically a believer in science. She is talented I guess
Yeah, it’s one of those things where if she were vaccinated, she’d probably just say so to put the questioning to bed. All the wording seems very specifically designed to not actually say she is or isn’t, which I’m guess was the compromise she reached with Disney’s marketing department after the social media stuff. It would also explain why her publicist is so jittery about it.
I have an app courtesy of the Australian government which shows that I’m vaccinated and I had to show my status on the way out of the country recently.See, that was simple, wasn’t it?
The government got your data sucka
Her exclusion from the massive amounts of paid marketing this site is shilling over the last month is painfully obvious. Definitely nothing to do with being an antivaxxer, nopenope
Isn’t there also the hella conservative church she attends that makes Crisp Rat’s church look like Unitarians in comparison?
It is weird considering she’s the lead star of the movie, and she’s on screen for 80-90% of the time.
Nice try trying to rehab the image of this anti-vax weirdo.
In a feature story about the film, Variety tried
to ask Wright about the reports regarding her vaccination status, but
“her publicist interrupted the call to insist the interview move on to
the next question.”
So she’s not vaccinated, or else the answer would’ve just been “Yes.”
Probably true, but if I were being interviewed and asked about private health information (unlikely, since no one cares), I would decline to respond also, even though I am vaccinated. But now that filming has wrapped and the movie is out, that’s a pretty bullshit question.
It’s not “on the eve of the film’s projected victory lap”. It’s the eve of the film’s release. You do a victory lap after you’ve already won the race.
didn’t affect Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s schedule, says producer.
Nonsense. She’s vaccinated and Disney paid her an outrageous sum of money to be vaccinated.