When Chadwick Boseman was a student at Howard University, one of his teachers was legendary actress Phylicia Rashad and she encouraged him to apply for a summer program at Oxford University’s drama department in London. Chadwick was accepted, but he couldn’t afford the tuition so Phylicia found famous friends to pay for him and other students to attend the school.
He later learned that Denzel Washington was the person who paid for his schooling! It wasn’t until the premiere of Black Panther that Chadwick was able to finally thank Denzel for that gift.
He told THR that he told Denzel the story on the red carpet and the actor replied, “Oh, so you owe me money!
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