Chadwick Boseman’s deathfrom colon cancer at age 43 on Aug. 28 shocked fans and friends alike.
The actor did four months of intensive baseball training and met with Robinsons widow, Rachel.
That was scary, man, said Boseman in 2013.
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She showed me pictures and asked me why I thought I should play her Jackie.
Theres no answer to that question.
If you answer, youre wrong, he said with a laugh.
As with those other parts, Boseman hit that one out of the park.
But no movie role had more cultural impact than his TChalla, the King of Wakanda, inBlack Panther.
A place that isnt marked by pain, but instead by progress.
He knew what his character meant to people.
For that he will always be our king.
EWs commemorative editionChadwickBoseman: The Beautiful Heart of Black Pantheris available now.
