“...Gurira beat out Avengers: Infinity War’sChris Hemsworth,Jurassic World star Chris Pratt, Deadpool 2’sRyan Reynolds, and her Black Panther co-star, Chadwick Boseman, for the honor.”
“Thank you for affirming that women and girls, when they are given the chance to hang with the boys, can hang with the best of them…”
This is big ya’ll. Like really big.
Holy shit? 🔥👏🏾
She went against Marvel Universe and won. A queen
YES.
She deserved it 💯
Damn straight she beat Chris Hemsworth. No fucking contest.
There is a reason this is the last scene in which Okoye appears before the credits roll. It speaks volumes about the power black women possess. Seeing anyone, let alone a black man, submit to a black woman on screen in this way is a rarity.
Gurira thinks the message in that scene is vital for everyone, especially women and girls.
“You expect to use your love for me and our love for each other to actually get me to betray my nation, and I would kill you first. I love that,” she said. “I think women don’t often get to portray that sort of nobility and that sort of integrity, especially [choosing that] over their love.” – Danai Gurira on The Scene™
There is a reason this is the last scene in which Okoye appears before the credits roll. It speaks volumes about the power black women possess. Seeing anyone, let alone a black man, submit to a black woman on screen in this way is a rarity.
Gurira thinks the message in that scene is vital for everyone, especially women and girls.
“You expect to use your love for me and our love for each other to actually get me to betray my nation, and I would kill you first. I love that,” she said. “I think women don’t often get to portray that sort of nobility and that sort of integrity, especially [choosing that] over their love.” – Danai Gurira on The Scene™
Loki is the Philosopher King 