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1. Boseman never spoke of his diagnosis in public.
Boseman was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016. He never spoke about his diagnosis in public and continued to film major hits such as Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers Endgame, 21 bridges and Spike Lee’s Give 5 Bloods during treatment. Black Panther director Ryan Coogler was quoted as saying that the actor “protected his collaborators from their suffering.”
2. Boseman learned his Xhosa lines on set with John Kani when he started shooting.
Boseman advocated for the character of T’Challa to speak in an African language and accent to present the character as a true African king. He reported that he spent a lot of time working on this and making sure the public accepted it.
In the early days of filming scenes from Captain America: Civil War With South African legend John Kani, he would learn his lines in Xhosa on the spot. Their support for the language solidified the use of isiXhosa as the official language of Wakanda, the fictional African country in Black Panther.
3. He did an intense investigation to portray T’Challa
Boseman undertook research trips to South Africa in preparation for his participation in Black Panther. He also traced his ancestry and studied Masai warriors and African martial arts.
4. He was trained and qualified as a director
Boseman studied to be a director at Howard University, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in directing in 2000. Initially he wanted to be a writer and film director and decided to study acting to learn how to interact with actors.
5. Denzel Washington paid for his education
One of her teachers and mentors, actress Phylicia Rashad, helped raise money for Boseman and some of her classmates to attend a summer course at the British American Drama Academy in London.
One of the people who helped fund the students was Denzel Washington. After Boseman was cast in the role of T’Challa in Black Panther, Washington joked: “Wakanda forever, but where is my money?”
6. He was a theater instructor early in his career.
Boseman taught acting in the Schomburg Junior Scholars Program at the Schomburg Center for Research on Black Culture in Harlem before moving to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue a career in acting.
7. Your breakthrough came from portraying an African American icon.
Boseman played small roles on TV shows like IT IS and CSI: New York before getting recurring roles in Lincoln Heights and Unknown people. His breakthrough came by playing baseball player Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, in the 2013 film. 42.
He later played soul legend James Brown in Get up in 2014 and civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall in the 2017 film Marshall. Boseman once commented that he wouldn’t have been ready for his role in Black Panther if he hadn’t played all three of these historic roles.
