Dan Aykroyd Remembers ‘Get On Up’ Co-Star Chadwick Boseman
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etcanada.comDan Aykroyd says learning of Chadwick Boseman‘s death “felt like a sword went through me.” The 68-year-old actor co-starred with Boseman in 2014’s “Get on Up”, playing manager Ben Bart to Boseman’s James Brown. “I couldn’t move,” Aykroyd tells ET’s Rachel Smith of the moment he found out about Boseman’s death on Friday. “I mean, I just buckled over.
Why him?” Boseman died after a four-year battle with colon cancer, but never spoke about his illness publicly. He was 43. “He was such a beautiful individual, a soul through and through, and the bravery…,” Aykroyd says, noting how Boseman especially inspired the Black community through his career. “This time in America, it’s just like, kicking Black people when they’re down.
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