{"id":1762,"date":"2020-08-29T13:41:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T13:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=1762"},"modified":"2020-08-29T19:41:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T19:41:14","slug":"actor-chadwick-boseman-who-shot-the-popular-black-panther-movie-wakanda-in-uganda-dies-at-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/actor-chadwick-boseman-who-shot-the-popular-black-panther-movie-wakanda-in-uganda-dies-at-43\/","title":{"rendered":"ACTOR CHADWICK BOSEMAN WHO SHOT THE POPULAR BLACK PANTHER MOVIE (WAKANDA) IN UGANDA DIES AT 43"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Our International Film Correspondents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ugandans continue to mourn world film star -Chadwick Boseman who died of colon cancer on Friday .  Boseman is best known for the blockbuster Marvel Superhero film -Black Panther which features scenes shot on location from Mountain Rwenzori and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, in Southwest Uganda thus promoting the country\u2019s tourism across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of cancer, his representative said. He was 43.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boseman died at his home in the Los Angeles area with his wife and family by his side, his publicist Nicki Fioravante told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, his family said in a statement.”A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much,” his family said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“From Marshall <\/em>to Da 5 Bloods<\/em>, August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom<\/em> and several more \u2014 all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy. It was the honour of his career to bring King T’Challa to life in Black Panther<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boseman had not spoken publicly about his diagnosis.\u00a0He is survived by his wife and a parent and had no children, Fioravante said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in South Carolina, Boseman graduated from Howard University and had small roles in television before his first star turn in 2013. His striking portrayal of the stoic baseball star Robinson opposite Harrison Ford in 2013’s 42<\/em> drew attention in Hollywood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boseman died on a day that Major League Baseball was celebrating Jackie Robinson day. “His transcendent performance in 42<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is a crushing blow” actor and director Jordan Peele said on Twitter, one of many expressing shock as the news spread across social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This broke me,” said actor and writer Issa Rae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His T’Challa character was first introduced to the blockbuster Marvel movies in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War<\/em>, and his “Wakanda forever” salute reverberated around the world after the release of Black Panther<\/em> two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The character was last seen standing silently dressed in a black suit at Tony Stark’s funeral in last year’s Avengers: Endgame<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even at the outset of his Hollywood career, Boseman was clear-eyed about \u2014 and even skeptical of \u2014 the industry in which he would become an international star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You don’t have the same exact experience as a Black actor as you do as a white actor. You don’t have the same opportunities. That’s evident and true,” he told AP while promoting 42<\/em>. “The best way to put it is: How often do you see a movie about a Black hero who has a love story \u2014 with a Black woman, or any woman for that matter \u2026 he has a spirituality. He has an intellect. It’s weird to say it, but it doesn’t happen that often.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Robinson and Brown, Boseman portrayed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in 2017’s Marshall<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He took on his first producing job in last year’s action thriller 21 Bridges<\/em>, in which he also starred, and was last seen on-screen in Spike Lee’s film Da 5 Bloods<\/em> as the leader of a group of Black soldiers in the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took some time for Boseman’s moment to come. He first got into theater, acting and writing plays as an undergrad at Howard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boseman had roles on TV shows like ABC Family’s Lincoln Heights<\/em> and NBC’s Persons Unknown<\/em>, but before 42<\/em> he had only acted in one film, 2008’s football drama The Express<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boseman attracted notice, but missed out on big parts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“2011 was a rough year,” he said. “I was up for everything that was happening that year, really good roles. I would get down to the end and then it would go to someone else.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boseman completed one last performance, in an adaptation of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom<\/em>. The Netflix film, in which Boseman stars alongside Viola Davis, finished shooting last summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about his own childhood heroes and icons, Boseman cited Black political leaders and musicians: Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Bob Marley, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest and Prince.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deeply private and often guarded in his public appearances and interviews, he made clear that he understood the significance of his work and its impact on the broader culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the 2019 Screen Actors Guild Award, Black Panther<\/em> won best ensemble, electrifying the room. Before an auditorium full of actors, Chadwick Boseman stepped to the microphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He quoted Nina Simone: “To be young, gifted and black,” then put the moment in context.”We know what it’s like to be told there isn’t a screen for you to be featured on, a stage for you to be featured on. … We know what’s like to be beneath and not above. And that is what we went to work with every day,” said Boseman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We knew that we could create a world that exemplified a world we wanted to see. We knew that we had something to give.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional reporting by cbc.ca<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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