Viola Davis admits she was ‘judgmental’ about Chadwick Boseman before learning he was dying of cancer
The Times, the 59-year-old actress recalled that Boseman’s girlfriend and make-up artist rubbed his back and played meditative music when they were on the set of what would be his final film.“There was a part of me that was a little judgmental — why do you need all that?” Davis said. “Little did I know that they were doing it because he was dying,” she added.
Boseman died in August 2020 at the age of 43 from colon cancer, which he had kept secret from the industry, including his colleagues on “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”The film, which dramatized one of blues singer Ma Rainey’s recording sessions in 1920s Chicago, came out three months after Boseman’s death.
For his performance as Levee Green, Boseman received a posthumous Oscar nomination.In Dec. 2020, Davis told Yahoo Entertainment that she “broke down” when she learned of her co-star’s death.“Lord knows we all would’ve wanted him to live another 50 years.
We all want longevity,” she said. “But I can’t see his life tragically at all. … Because I felt like he was always living in the moment, squeezing out every bit of life,” the EGOT winner continued. “What it makes me think is, it’s not the quantity, it’s the quality.”Davis went on, “What I hold onto with Chad is that he lived his life his way.
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