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He was the first black superhero to land a main movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, playing the role of the You are in Wakanda. But let’s talk about his most recent success, certainly not the only one in his career that could have had, and above all deserved, be longer and even brighter. So let’s remember the black panther from superheroes, the true and only Black Panther: Chadwick boseman who left us August 28, 2020.
Disappeared a 43 years for third stage colon cancer, an illness that lasted four years and which the actor had never spoken of publicly, Boseman is not to be remembered only for his recent Marvel hit, but for one series of appearances in titles of no small importance, which made him the capable and never-chatting actor that we were honored to meet.
When an actor is born
the November 29, 1976 Chadwick Aaron Boseman, a black boy in a land historically ravaged by racial disagreements and problems. See the light ad Anderson, in South Carolina, an African American who was fortunate enough to live in a time when, by now, what the pastor had dreamed slowly seemed to come true Martin Luther King in his famous speech I have a dream, But there was still a long way to go before a peace project was completed, which is still impeded today, as the recent movement shows. #blacklivesmatter.
However, these are particular times, those in which the actor lived, considering that, while studying at TL Hanna High School, he wrote his first show, entitled Crossing, and had taken him to the school stage after a classmate of his was shot and killed.
In fact, her dream was not so much to be able to step on the scenes like a Hollywood star, but to be able to write and direct movies, studying in London thanks to his excellent mentor, Phylicia rashad, nothing less than the so-called “Mother of the Black Community”, as she was named in 2010 ai NAACP Image Awards. She is an actress who helped Boseman and other students attend theOxford Mid-Summer Program from the British American Drama Academy in London, an experience as a result of which the actor graduated from New York City alla Digital Film Academy.
When a king is born
Boseman filled the role of “theater instructor” in the course named Schomburg Junior Scholars Program, at the Schomburg Center for Research on Black Culture in Harlem, but his journey in front of television cameras begins in 2003, in an episode of Third Watch. In the same year, Boseman played Reggie Montgomery on the soap opera. All my kids, but he was the protagonist of an unpleasant event: he declared in effect that he was fired after they have expressed concern to the producers about racist stereotypes in the script.
His place was thus replaced, by a twist of fate, by Michael Bakari Jordan, his future co-star right in Black Panther. However, his cinematographic career does not end here: his later the works included episodes of the series Law & Order, CSI: NY and even IT IS, while continuing to write plays. His script is worth remembering for Deep blue performed at the Congo Square Theater Company in Chicago, as well as In 2008 he had a recurring role on the television series Lincoln Heights and appeared in his first feature film, The Express: The Ernie Davis Story, followed by the role with regular presence in 2010 in another television series, Unknown people.
Boseman had his first starring role in the 2013 film 42, in which he played the baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson. At the time, he was directing an off-Broadway comedy in the East Village when he auditioned for the role and was considering quitting acting and continuing to direct full time, but the stars had other plans for him. For that movie, 25 other actors were being seriously considered for the role, but director Brian Helgeland liked Boseman’s courage and signed it after just two auditions.
The series of successes that have marked a career now marked by an upward curve does not end here: in 2013, Boseman starred in the independent film The hole of death, released in theaters a few weeks before the movie 42, just to show up next year next to Kevin Costner in Draft DayWe remember him in the same year also in the role of James Brown in Get up and in 2016 he played Thoth, a deity from Egyptian mythology, in Gods of egypt.
Long live the king
Chadwick Boseman later interpreted, as we anticipated, T’Challa, black superhero from marvel world in Black Panther, 2018 film directed by Ryan coogler and set in the imaginary African kingdom of Wakanda. The superhero played by Boseman however appeared for the first time in Captain America: Civil War, later joining the superhero team in the last two chapters of the Avengers saga.
Appreciation audience and critics for the first film of 2018 was such that this feature filmThe first born from a comic to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. It managed to raise more than a billion dollars worldwide, thus obtaining the tenth place of the highest-grossing films in history. Starting since seven nominations acquired, Black Panther won later three oscars: the one for the costumes, attributed to Ruth E. Carter, the one for the set design, went to production designer Hannah Beachler and set decorator, Jay Hart, and finally the one for the soundtrack, won by Ludwig Goransson.
Just last year was the drama about Netflix Give 5 Bloods, directed by Spike Lee and released for the last time June 12, which we did not know (until today) the last appearance of Chadwick Boseman as an actor. Here are some links to the social posts of the stars who worked alongside Boseman, starting with their “heroic” colleagues:
I am absolutely devastated. This is beyond heartbreaking.
Chadwick was special. A true original. He was a deeply engaged and constantly curious artist. He had a lot of incredible work to create. I am infinitely grateful for our friendship. Rest in power, King💙 pic.twitter.com/oBERXlw66Z
– Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) August 29, 2020
My prayers go out to the family and loved ones of Chadwick. The world will miss his tremendous talent. God rest his soul. #wakandaforever https://t.co/j5JWSeiqd5
– chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) August 29, 2020
Thus ends a life at the height of his career, just when a continuation dedicated to Black Panther, whose release was scheduled for 2022, but at this point it will probably be necessary to choose an heir to the cinematographic throne. As they say “now the old king is dead, long live the king“.
Let’s get the first one back together collection of comics dedicated to Black Panther and an unmissable collector’s item: the Funko POP! of the Wakanda superhero.
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