Ryan Coogler

And we would joke and say, we was going to give him the, um, like the, the, the, the giraffe tail that he can like, that he can like swipe, like swipe flies away while he was walking with, while he was walking with Lou Pizza.

And he would, he would, he was, he was a martial artist.

So he took that, he took the, he took the, uh, the little thing and was like.

He was gifted, man.

But he just had a great sense of humor.

100%.

For sure, man.

Like, and I think for me,

When I look back on my relationship with him, man, it taught me so much.

But the biggest thing is to not take things for granted.

Even all of this, Amy, the success of the film, being invited to do podcasts with you, doing awards press with my cast.

Before losing him,

I would be not present in those moments.

I would be overwhelmed or be considered to be work or dealing with imposter syndrome or what have you.

But since losing him, because he would be the one to snap me out of that.

When I would be stressed on Panther, I would say, man, I got to hurry up and do this or I'm going to get fired.

And he would say, hey, man, stop saying that.

He actually pulled me to the side.

It was like, yo, stop saying that, man.

You know?