Denzel Washington says the late Chadwick Boseman lived a full life as a fellow Hollywood actor before his untimely death at 43 years after a battle with cancer. "He didn't get cheated.
We did. I pray for his poor wife and his family. They got cheated, but he lived a full life," Washington told an informal conversation with veteran Hollywood director Barry Levinson at the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday.
After calling Boseman a "gentle soul," Washington recounted a red carpet premiere for Disney's Black Panther tentpole that he attended. "I went backstage and I saw Chad and I saw Ryan Coogler, and then I watched the movie and I remember shedding a tear, because I thought, man, these young guys are gone.
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