Marvel, Disney, Chris Evans React To Chadwick Boseman Death

Chadwick Boseman has passed away at the age of 43 due to colon cancer, with Disney and Marvel Studios releasing statements on the actor’s passing. 

The official Marvel Studios Twitter account posted the following, which was retweeted by Kevin Feige:

Our hearts are broken and our thoughts are with Chadwick Boseman’s family. Your legacy will live on forever. Rest In Peace.

Disney Chairman and former CEO who was in charge of Disney when all of Boseman’s Marvel movies were released also tweeted:

We are all heartbroken by the tragic loss of #chadwickboseman — an extraordinary talent, and one of the most gentle and giving souls I have ever met. He brought enormous strength, dignity and depth to his groundbreaking role of Black Panther; shattering myths and stereotypes, becoming a long-awaited hero to millions around the world, and inspiring us all to dream bigger and demand more than the status quo. We mourn all that he was, as well as everything he was destined to become. For his friends and millions of fans, his absence from the screen is only eclipsed by his absence from our lives. All of us at Disney send our prayers and heartfelt condolences to his family.

Captain America actor Chris Evans tweeted:

I’m absolutely devastated. This is beyond heartbreaking. Chadwick was special. A true original. He was a deeply committed and constantly curious artist. He had so much amazing work still left to create. I’m endlessly grateful for our friendship. Rest in power, King

Don Cheadle posted:

Mark Ruffalo tweeted:

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Chris Hemsworth:

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Ryan Coogler:

Before sharing my thoughts on the passing of the great Chadwick Boseman, I first offer my condolences to his family who meant so very much to him. To his wife, Simone, especially.

I inherited Marvel and the Russo Brothers’ casting choice of T’Challa. It is something that I will forever be grateful for. The first time I saw Chad’s performance as T’Challa, it was in an unfinished cut of CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR. I was deciding whether or not directing BLACK PANTHER was the right choice for me. I’ll never forget, sitting in an editorial suite on the Disney Lot and watching his scenes. His first with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, then, with the South African cinema titan, John Kani as T’Challa’s father, King T’Chaka. It was at that moment I knew I wanted to make this movie. After Scarlett’s character leaves them, Chad and John began conversing in a language I had never heard before. It sounded familiar, full of the same clicks and smacks that young black children would make in the States. The same clicks that we would often be chided for being disrespectful or improper. But, it had a musicality to it that felt ancient, powerful, and African.

In my meeting after watching the film, I asked Nate Moore, one of the producers of the film, about the language. “Did you guys make it up?” Nate replied, “that’s Xhosa, John Kani’s native language. He and Chad decided to do the scene like that on set, and we rolled with it.” I thought to myself. “He just learned lines in another language, that day?” I couldn’t conceive how difficult that must have been, and even though I hadn’t met Chad, I was already in awe of his capacity as actor.

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Letitia Wright:

Black Panther Chadwick Boseman will be missed

Chadwick Boseman died Friday due to stage 4 colon cancer that he was battling for the past four years, but the actor kept his condition a secret.

This past April saw fans become concerned when Boseman posted an image of himself on social media revealing a drastic amount of weight loss.

The actor first appeared as Marvel’s Black Panther in Captain America: Civil War followed by Black Panther, Infinity War, and most recently The Avengers: Endgame; he was slated to return for Black Panther 2 which has a current  May 6, 2022 release date.