Ryan Coogler is reflecting on his time working with the late Chadwick Boseman and looking back at how committed the Boseman was to the role of 'Black Panther.' The 'Black Panther' director, who recently helmed Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan, made a recent appearance on 'The Breakfast Club,' where he was asked, "What did Chadwick Boseman bring out of you that Michael B. Jordan doesn't?"
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00:00Ryan Coogler is reflecting on his time working with the late Chadwick Boseman
00:04and looking back at how committed the actor was to the role of Black Panther.
00:11The Black Panther director who recently helmed Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan
00:15made a recent appearance on The Breakfast Club where he was asked
00:18what did Chadwick Boseman bring out of you that Michael B. Jordan doesn't?
00:22Boseman who played T'Challa slash Black Panther in the 2018 superhero film
00:27sadly died in 2020 at the age of 43 following a battle with colon cancer.
00:32Coogler noted,
00:33Out of all of my actors, Chad's death actually hit Mike the hardest.
00:37Chad was older than us. He was quite a bit older than us even though he looked like he was the same age.
00:42He was a fully baked man from the South. He was an old school man's man.
00:46And compared to that dude, when we worked together, bro, me and Mike was kids.
00:49The filmmaker continued,
00:51Chad changed my life. He was the kind of teacher who you never knew you were getting a lesson when he taught.
00:56It was all by example. And what he gave me and Michael was patience.
01:00He moved at an old school pace and he took his time. He was always early.
01:04He was that type of dude. And Mike will tell you this. I told him,
01:06Man, I said, Hey bro, what would Chad do in this role?
01:09If he had this role, what would he do? Because Chad never broke action.
01:13Coogler then recalled how seriously the late actor took the role of Black Panther,
01:17even continuing T'Challa's accent until the film wrapped production.
01:21The director explained,
01:22He was talking in an African accent. Disney execs came to see us on Panther.
01:27It was week two and they pulled up and it was the T'Challa accent.
01:30And they were freaked out. I was like, don't be freaked out. He's working, man.
01:33He don't turn it off until we wrap. And no shame or embarrassment in that.
01:37But that's how he was moving.
01:38Coogler also added that working with Bozeman on Black Panther also helped Jordan,
01:42who played villain Eric Killmonger in the 2018 superhero film,
01:46lock in to play twin brothers in Sinners.
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