During a press conference for Black Panther in 2018, Chadwick Boseman revealed that he had been in contact with two children who had leiomyomas and were “trying to hold on” until the film was shown in theaters. halls.
“Their parents said, ‘They’re trying to hold on’ until this movie comes along.”
“To some degree, you hear them say that and you’re like, ‘Wow. I gotta get up and go to the gym. I gotta get up and go to work. I gotta learn those lines. I gotta work on that tone.
“In a way, it’s a humbling experience, because you’re like, ‘This can’t mean much to them.’ You know?” He finished.
“But looking at how the world has dealt with this, seeing how the movement is taken and how it is taken in its own life, I realize that they were expecting something remarkable.”
The video has resurfaced since his death, given that fans were unaware at the time that Boseman himself was also battling colon cancer.
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The actor said hearing children’s stories made the movie more important to him.
“Now I’m thinking about a child, and… you know, I’m waiting for Christmas to come, I’m waiting for my birthday, I’m waiting for a game that I was going to have the chance to try, or a video game, ” he said.
“I lived life waiting for those moments. And it reminded me of when I was a kid, just to experience the anticipation these two young boys had for this movie.”
Near the end of his honest speech, Boseman breaks down revealing to the audience that the boys died before seeing the film.
His co-stars tried to console him, he said, “And when I found out they were… yeah, that meant a lot.”
His family announced Chadwick Boseman’s death in the early hours of Saturday via their social media accounts. In a statement posted on their Twitter account, the family revealed that Boseman had been quietly battling stage 3 colon cancer since 2016. At the time of his death, his cancer had progressed to stage 4.
