Chadwick Bosemanjust received a posthumousEmmynod for his final role before his death.
The2022 Emmy nominationswere announced on Tuesday. The list includes Boseman in the outstanding character voice-over performance category for his role as “Star Lord T’Challa” inWhat If … ?, the Disney+/Marvel Studios animated alternate-reality series.
Boseman,who died in August 2020at the age of 43 after a private years-long battle with colon cancer, previously portrayed the canon version of King T’Challa in 2018’sBlack Panther.
His Emmy nomination comes a year after her received his first-everOscarnod, for his role inMa Rainey’s Black Bottom.
The 2021 Best Actor trophy went toAnthony Hopkins, whoshouted out Bosemanin a touching tribute during his acceptance speech on social media.
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Chadwick Boseman as King T’Challa inBlack Panther(2018).Marvel
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Chadwick Boseman;What If … ?(2021).Kevin Mazur/Getty; Marvel Studios
Meanwhile,Black Panther: Wakanda Foreveris set to hit theaters this November, with much of the original cast and director/co-writerRyan Cooglerreturning.
In December 2020, Marvel Studios PresidentKevin Feigerevealed the role of T’Challawould not be recast.
Instead, the film “will explore the world of Wakanda and the richcharacters introduced in the first film,” said Feige, 49.
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In a May interview withCollider, Boseman’sBlack PanthercostarMartin Freemanshared that despite the “scores and scores of people on set, joined in this endeavor to make” the sequel, “there’s also no question that, at the heart of it, there’s quite a gap now, and you felt it.”
Reprising his role as CIA agent Everett K. Ross, Freeman, 50, added that making the sequel was “fun” and “enjoyable,” and he has “full respect [for director/co-writer] Ryan Coogler and everybody else, who’s sweating and bleeding to get this thing done properly.”
“But it was odd,” he admitted. “Of course, itwas odd with Chadwick not being there. There’s no way around that. I think everyone would find it pretty strange and sad, but at the same time, life things don’t just end.”
When Boseman died, Freeman told Collider, “I thought, ‘Okay, well, maybe there just won’t be another [movie].’ "
“Butthere are still other stories to tellwithin that world and other great characters,” he noted. “I think, and I hope, that we’ve made a good film. I trust Ryan Coogler a lot.”
source: people.com
