On August 28, a big tragedy happened.
The 43 years old Chadwick Boseman died from
cancer.
We decided to make this tribute video for
Chadwick’s bright memory and have chosen
7 exclusive and interesting facts about Boseman
that you’d never heard before.
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Boseman attended Howard University a.k.a.
“The Mecca,” at the same time as author
Ta-Nehisi Coates, who also became a writer
for the Black Panther comics.
Boseman credits the historically black college
for introducing him to more black history
and black writers such as James Baldwin, and
the Black Panther comics.
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It’s easy to forget, but even the most impressive
people can have humble origins.
Chadwick Boseman was born in South Carolina
in 1977, growing up in the city of Anderson.
Not exactly where you’d expect a star of
his stature to come from.
3
After getting the role of T’Challa, AKA
the Black Panther, Boseman wanted to get in
touch with his African roots.
Africanancestry.com traced his lineage to
the specific ethnic groups of his ancestry
homes.
4
Most of us live our entire lives using the
name we got at birth.
And sure, there’s something nice and familiar
about it… but don’t we all secretly want
a name full of power and meaning?
While doing research for Black Panther in
Cape Town, a street musician gave Boseman
the Xhosa name which means “Peacemaker.”
5
Prior to his filmmaking or writing ambitions,
Boseman loved to draw and was interested in
becoming an architect.
And we are sure he could have become a great
architect too and besides that, unfortunately,
there were too many things left undone
6
Boseman initially got into acting only so
that he could become a better director.
He wanted to better understand what the actors
were doing so that his advice would be more
useful.
7
Boseman literally struggled to breathe after
being cast as the Black Panther, since the
suit used in Captain America: Civil War was
too tight.
Boseman felt more comfortable with the suit
used in Black Panther, but still says it took
a while to get to a real level of comfort.
And after all, we all know his tragical death
cause.
But the thing is that he had been hiding his
cancer for more than 4 years meanwhile working
with directors and acting in some very hard
scenes.
I think that this makes him a very remarkable
person in acting history and in filmography
at all.
Surely he will be very missed.
Peace and love.
