Coogler's statement comes among an outpouring of grief and tributes for Boseman after his death, including ones from his Black Panther co-stars.
He then explained that his first interaction with Boseman came when he watched then-unreleased footage of Boseman inIt was at that moment I knew I wanted to make this movie," Coogler wrote."After Scarlett [Johansson's] character leaves them, Chad and John [Kani] began conversing in a language I had never heard before. It sounded familiar, full of the same clicks and smacks that young black children would make in the States.
Coogler wrote he was amazed to learn that the language the two had been speaking was Xhosa, Kani's native language, and that Boseman had learned the language that day. The actor later advocated for his character T’Challa to speak with an African accent. Xhosa became the language of Wakanda in the film, Coogler wrote.
After meeting Boseman in person in 2016, after signing onto the film, Coogler said he immediately connected with the actor over their lives and shared vision for the movie.We would often speak about heritage and what it means to be African. When preparing for the film, he would ponder every decision, every choice, not just for how it would reflect on himself, but how those choices could reverberate.
Coogler's statement comes among an outpouring of grief and tributes for Boseman after his death, including ones from hisBoseman's on-screen mother, Angela Bassett, shared several photos of the duo together on social media, writing,"It was meant to be for Chadwick and me to be connected, for us to be family."
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