How Chadwick Boseman Became A Megastar Filming Grueling Black Panther And Avengers Movies All While Battling Colon Cancer
John V.
Posted On August 29, 2020
He was a truly superhero.
Chadwick Boseman was famous for playing the titular role of Black Panther in the Marvel franchise.
While he was fighting villains on screen, he was fighting a very real battle in his personal life.
He was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016. He died on Friday, at home with his family and wife, aged 43. He was a truly superhero.
Boseman died on a day that Major League Baseball was celebrating Jackie Robinson day. ‘His transcendent performance in `42´ will stand the test of time and serve as a powerful vehicle to tell Jackie´s story to audiences for generations to come,’ the league wrote in a tweet.
He first played Black Panther in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, before the character headlined a hugely successful blockbuster in 2018.
The film´s vision of Afrofuturism and the technologically advanced civilization of Wakanda resonated with audiences, some of whom wore African attire to showings and helped propel ‘Black Panther’ to more than $1.3 billion in global box office. It is the only Marvel Studios film to receive a best picture Oscar nomination.
The character was last seen standing silently dressed in a black suit at Tony Stark´s funeral in last year´s ‘Avengers: Endgame.’
