Director Spike Lee is opening up about the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman as he recalls working with the actor on his recent film “Da 5 Bloods”. “I didn’t know Chad was sick.
He did not look well, but my mind never took that he had cancer,” Lee says in a new cover story for Variety‘s “New York” issue.
Released in June, “Da 5 Bloods” follows four Vietnam War veterans who return to search for the remains of their fallen squad leader and hunt for the gold they buried.
Boseman plays the deceased squad leader. It was an arduous shoot in stifling jungle heat, which Lee assumed was the cause for Boseman’s appearance. “It was a very strenuous shoot.
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