.ABC EXCLUSIVE: “I can’t believe that I was so lucky. I can’t believe that I got to love this person. And I also got them to love me too.” Simone Ledward Boseman reflects on her late husband Chadwick Boseman in an interview with WhoopiGoldberg.
October 27, 2022
She said they were able to keep their circle"real small" at the time."Everybody in the world is also experiencing this togetherness in the midst of this awful, scary, unpredictable time, so it really reduced, I think, that risk of -- you have to be out, you have to go do this … It reduced that for us."
Some of the parts Boseman played included Jackie Robinson, a baseball legend and the first Black player in the MLB, in 2013's"42"; rock 'n' roll icon James Brown in 2014's"Get on Up"; Thurgood Marshall, a civil rights leader and the first Black justice in the U.S. Supreme Court, in 2017's"Marshall"; and of course, the Black Panther.
The film, released in 2018, earned more than $1.3 billion at the worldwide box office. It was praised by critics and audiences alike and was nominated for seven Academy Awards in 2019 -- including best picture -- ultimately taking home three Oscars.No one could have guessed that, less than two years later, Boseman would be gone.
While she praised the representation in"Black Panther," Ledward Boseman said she was taken with the humanity, complexity and richness it embodied."It really was the most powerful piece of work that Chad … was able to lay the foundation for," she said, calling it"an immense point of pride" for him.
Boseman told her that he wanted his foundation to be"for the arts" and that he wanted to help kids, she said. In May 2021, Boseman's dream of supporting the younger generation of artists and storytellers got a head start when his alma mater, Howard University, named its newly reestablished College of Fine Arts after him. His former mentor, actress and Howard alum Phylicia Rashad, was also named the dean of the school.
She said the constant connection to his memory while"imbuing Chad's spirit in everything that I'm doing" has been both a"beautiful" and"painful" experience.
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