Lupita Nyong'o says she feels "hopeless" following the death of fellow actor Chadwick Boseman.
The Black Panther star has paid tribute to her late co-star after he tragically passed away in late August at the age of 43, following a secret battle with colon cancer.
Nyong'o posted a lengthy message on social media on in which she said she is "struggling to think and speak" about Boseman in past tense, admitting the news has been "a punch to [her] gut every morning".
She wrote: "I write these words from a place of hopelessness, to honour a man who had great hope. I am struggling to think and speak about my friend, Chadwick Boseman, in the past tense. It doesn't make sense. The news of his passing is a punch to my gut every morning. I am aware that we are all mortal, but you come across some people in life that possess an immortal energy, that seem like they have existed before, that are exactly where they are supposed to always be - here! ... that seem ageless ... Chadwick was one of those people."
