Michaela Coel knows how important it is to have queer representation on-screen.
In an Oct. 6 interview with Vogue, Coel talked about her character Aneka, a captain and combat instructor in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” and revealed she decided to play the fearless warrior after learning her character was queer.
“That sold me on the role, the fact that my character’s queer,” Coel said.
Michaela Coel as Aneka in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."
The late actor, who played T’Challa in “Black Panther,” died from colon cancer at age 43 in August 2020.