Denzel Washington helped a young, unknown Chadwick Bosman attend an acting show at Oxford University and prepare what would happen Black leopard The star’s final film, Black bottom of Ma Rainey. But Washington says Boseman was plunged into obscurity about the war on colon cancer when he filmed the film, which received late star reviews just months after he died at the age of 43.
“Well, credit to him,” Washington told Tracy Smith during an appearance CBS Sunday morning About Boseman’s decision to keep his diagnosis secret. “He kept it to himself; It’s not anyone’s business. He was there to free, he freed. “
Washington also reflected on the relationship between Boseman, who died on August 28, and his then-girlfriend Simon Ledward. Washington recalls how he persuaded Boseman to marry Ledward. The longtime couple got engaged last October and will be married before Boseman dies.
“Some members of his team knew,” said the two-time Oscar winner. “His wife was there – they weren’t married yet. I was watching how she took care of him. I actually told him, ‘Man, you have to put a ring on that finger.’ Because she had an eye on him, she looked at him, I , ‘Man, she loves that boy.’ But I don’t know what we know now. ”
The film is directed by George C. Wolfe talked about Ledward Bosman in an earlier interview after he broke up after filming an emotional scene.
WASHINGTON – A statement issued after Boseman’s death said, We did. “- also spoke of the legacy of the younger.
He told CBS ‘Smith: “He did everything he could to do what he was given, and he left it here.” “Chad will live forever, period.”
The death of Chadwick Bosman this August came as a great shock not only to his countless fans but also to his close colleagues.
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