Chadwick Boseman
Honored Endlessly!!!
Receives Star on Hollywood Stroll of Fame
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Chadwick Boseman was honored with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame Thursday, and his widow Simone Boseman spoke to us about his legacy and what this honor does for it.
As you realize, Chadwick made historical past together with his portrayal as T’Challa in “Black Panther” … however Simone tells us its impression reached past simply that movie franchise.
She identified he blazed a path for all future Black superheroes … “He made space and now there can be more and more and more … he set it up. He played the role he was meant to play.”
And his star marks a small acknowledgment of his impression on the trade as a complete. Simone advised us, “It’s a physical representation of all of the work that he did and the life that he lived, and I’m extremely proud of him.”
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Simone was joined by Chadwick’s brother Derrick, and Black Panther co-stars Letitia Wright, Viola Davis, and Michael B. Jordan amongst others for the ceremony.
Derrick known as the occasion “amazing,” saying, “Just imagine having a brother who’s a movie star who people make songs about and just love him. And he got to be a king, which is what our community needs. Our community needs to see us being kings and queens.”
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Along with “Black Panther,” Chadwick additionally appeared in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — incomes him an Oscar nomination — performed Thurgood Marshall in “Marshall,” Jackie Robinson in “42,” and James Brown in “Get on Up” earlier than passing away from colon most cancers in 2020. He was 43.
RIP
