Letitia Wright graces the cover of ELLE Canada's winter issue

Black Panther star Letitia Wright is on the cover of ELLE Canada's December/January 2021 issue and in her interview, she talks about everything from turning down major roles in Hollywood to setting up her own production company during the lockdown.Wright told the publication that her production company, Threesixteen Productions, is her way of "creating roles for those who don't always get a seat at the table." She said it's an "opportunity to create the roles that I didn't see for Black women and men and Asian people." The 27-year-old actress said that she's turned down roles "in massive Hollywood productions because they didn't feel quite right."Wright also acknowledged that her role of Shuri, the princess of Wakanda in the superhero movie, was a life-changing role. She reflected on her time going to the grocery store after the movie was released and said that people watch her and say "Yo, I swear that's my girl from Black Panther!" and show her their 'Wakanda arms' by crossing them over their chest.

 

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You can watch Wright on the big screen on November 20 with her role in the upcoming Amazon series Small Axe, which is a collection of five films inspired by real-life events about everyday people overcoming injustice in their West Indian community. She told Elle Canada that the timing of the series "felt particularly meaningful, adding, "preparing for it, doing it, giving all that you can —and then you get to 2020 and you're like 'Hold up a minute, this is happening again.' People aren't going out to protest because they want to. It's aggravation after aggravation."[video_embed id='2026854']RELATED: Letitia Wright pens moving poem for Chadwick Boseman[/video_embed]Wright also touched on how she was her biggest critic when her acting career first took off when she was a teenager. "If I went on a red carpet, I'd analyze the picture," she admitted. "If I did an interview, I'd analyze the video. If I spent time with friends, I'd think to myself after 'Why did I laugh like that?'" Wright said that after joining a Christian church at the age of 22 she started to realize "it's not about me; it's not about how much people can validate me."“I’m happy to be a light in the world. That’s my spirit. I can’t be anything else. And if I am, then something’s wrong," the Toy Boy actress said at the end of her interview.

 

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Wright recently shared her thoughts on an all-female superhero movie and suggested that the possibility of the Marvel film is pretty big. “I don’t think we have to fight for it,” she said of the potential film. Wright also noted that Marvel producer Victoria Alonso has been vocal about the idea. “[Alonso] is very strong about spearheading it, alongside Kevin [Feige].”“It’s only a matter of time before they do it,” Wright added, before sharing that she would want her Black Panther co-stars in the movie, including Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o and Angela Bassett. She also brought up Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie, who made her debut into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Thor: Ragnarok, and Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel. “Definitely have to have Captain Marvel, definitely,” Wright said.

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