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Fans around the world were shocked when news of the death of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman was revealed Friday night.
Now, a clip from a 2018 interview with Sway Calloway and the cast of Black Panther has resurfaced that shows Boseman speaking poignantly about two young fans he met who had terminal cancer.
The actor, who died at 43, had been diagnosed with his own cancer in 2016, two years before he tearfully recited the boys’ story.
Heartbreaking: Chadwick Boseman, who died on Friday at age 43 of colon cancer, appeared in a recently resurfaced 2018 video in which he tearfully recounted meeting two young fans with terminal cancer; shown in 2018
Boseman related that he met ‘two little boys’, Ian and Taylor, with whom he kept in touch during the production of Black Panther, which premiered in February 2018.
“ What they told me and what their parents said, they’re just trying to hold on until this movie comes out, ” she recounted.
The Da 5 Bloods actor said the knowledge prompted him to work harder on Black Panther.
‘It’s a humbling experience because you think,’ This can’t mean much to them, ‘you know?’ he said. “But seeing how the world has taken us, seeing what the movement is like, how it has taken on a life of its own, I realized they were anticipating something great.”
New fans: Boseman recounted meeting ‘two little boys’, Ian and Taylor, with whom he kept in touch during the production of Black Panther, which premiered in 2018.
Holding out hope: ‘What they told me and what their parents said, they’re just trying to hold on until this movie comes out,’ he recounted.
‘It’s a humbling experience because you think,’ This can’t mean much to them, ‘you know?’ he said. ‘But seeing how the world has taken us, seeing what the movement is like, how it has taken on a life of its own, I realized that they anticipated something great.’
Emotional: Boseman came to tears as he remembered that the two boys had died before they could see the full movie. “Yes, it means a lot,” he said through tears; still from black panther
Boseman brought to tears as he recalled that the two children had died before they could see the full movie.
“When I found out that they …” he began before letting out a long breath and turning away from the microphone as his co-stars Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira tried to comfort him.
After a long pause, she spoke again as tears rolled down her cheeks.
“Yeah, it means a lot,” he said, before the video was cut.
Farewell: Boseman’s family confirmed his passing in a statement on Friday, saying the actor had been diagnosed with stage III cancer in 2016 that later progressed to stage IV.
Incredible Strength: The actor’s family also confirmed that many of his best movie roles were filmed “during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy”; shown in February 2019
Boseman’s family announced Friday night through their social media accounts that the actor had died.
In their note, they wrote that they had ‘been diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016’, which then ‘progressed to stage IV’.
“A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all and brought you many of the movies that you have loved so much.”
The actor’s family also confirmed that many of his best film roles were filmed “during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy.”
In June, he appeared in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods as a fallen soldier who was killed in Vietnam. Decades later, his squadmates return to find his body and give him a proper burial, while also stealing a supply of gold that he had left.
One of his roles: In June, he appeared in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods as a fallen soldier killed in Vietnam. Decades later, his squadmates return to give him a proper burial, while also stealing a supply of gold that he had left.
Honored: “It was an honor for his career to bring King T’Challa to life in Black Panther,” the statement read. ‘The family thanks you for your love and prayers, and asks you to continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time’; photographed in June 2019
“It was his career honor to bring King T’Challa to life in Black Panther,” the statement said. “The family thanks you for your love and prayers and asks you to continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time.”
Boseman is survived by his wife Taylor Simone Ledward and a father and had no children, his publicist said.
The couple were first linked in 2019 and had secretly married, which was not reported until after his death.
Boseman was reluctant to bring up his cancer diagnosis in his later years, although many fans were concerned after seeing photos of him looking unusually haggard.
