Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star Letitia Wright’s unvaccinated status may lead to further delaying the sequel of the Marvel film.

The production was recently halted by Wright as she was recovering from an injury while performing a stunt on set and went back home to London. However, since the production is stateside, new CDC guidelines implemented on Nov. 8 are now requiring all non-immigrant, non-citizens flying to the U.S. to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and give proof of their vaccination status before they board a plane to the country per The Hollywood Reporter. Wright is neither vaccinated nor a U.S. citizen which could complicate production per CBR.

The actress plays Shuri, who stars as the younger sister of the late Chadwick Boseman’s T’ Challa. Wright received backlash last year when she reposted a controversial video from YouTube to Twitter as the speaker explained their skepticism of getting vaccinated. YouTube has since taken the video off of their site.

Fans are calling to recast the actress due to her unvaccinated status. Check out some of the reactions from fans:

• 1.

  God, just get the vaccine or leave. You’re putting everyone’s lives at risk for no reason.

  — Key'Shawn Watkins #BLM (@KeyWatkins51299) November 10, 2021

• 2.

  Imagine if she pulled this if Chadwick was still alive and fighting cancer while filming. Immediate recast.

  — Jessica💜 (@Cali_Girl090) November 10, 2021

• 3.

  Recast her! What if she gets Forrest, Winston, Angela, Danai, Daniel or Lupita sick?

  — StephanieDC (@stephtrek) November 10, 2021

• 4.

  https://twitter.com/giorgosq2381/status/1458552299731697668

• 5.

  https://twitter.com/EchoDoctrine/status/1458629870704107522

• 6.

  After a high profile death on a movie set, this can’t be allowed. We can’t let filming of movies and TV be the reason more people die or get seriously ill.

  — Four More Years 🇺🇦 (@BrettScr1) November 10, 2021

• 7.

  Literally recast her. She is putting everyone at risk. This is not a big deal. You did it in Iron Man. You can do it here.

  — ross alan (@rossalanmusic) November 10, 2021

• 8.

  All I’m gonna say is Chadwick would be disappointed in her

  — Mac Hodgdon (@MacHodgdon) November 10, 2021

• 9.

  Isn't she The scientist
  And then she goes and does this 💀
  Marvel, Recast

  — WalterBlack (@WalterBlacco) November 11, 2021

• 10.

  Yes and what's getting me is that if she carried on like this with Chadwick being alive (and still secretly battling cancer), she very well could've put his whole health in jeopardy. The selfishness!

  — Chris J. Harried (@_harriEDU) November 11, 2021

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