A video of fallen Black Panther Chadwick Boseman talking about exchanging letters with children suffering from terminal cancer has emerged on social media elicited mixed reactions.
From the video shared on social media, Boseman painfully narrated how the children wanted to watch Blank Panther movie before taking their final breath.
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“…and to wrap up our filming Inwas communicating to them and what they said to me is that they just want to hold on until this movie comes,” he said.
Boseman added that the fact that the children were looking forward to the movie before their final day comes, he was motivated to work extra hard to complete the shooting of the movie on time.
“To a certain degree you hear them say that and you’re like wow, that’s like I have to get up and go to the gym, I have to get up and go to work… To a certain degree it’s a humbling experience because you’re like this can’t mean that much.
“Seeing how the world has taken us on, I realized tha they anticipated something great and I think to a kid is like waiting for a Christmas to come and when I found out their anticipation with the movie it means a lot,” he said as he broke down to tears.
Boseman star succumbed to colon cancer on Friday night, August 28 after a four-year battle.
Confirming his death, his publicist Nicki Fioravante said the actor died at his Los Angeles home with his wife and family by his side.
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According to his family, Boseman was diagnosed with stage III colon cancer in 2016, and battled with it as it progressed to stage IV.
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