1 week Ago By Sabina Graves
During the press tour for his upcoming vampire thriller Sinners , director Ryan Coogler spoke about his Marvel blockbuster Black Panther , describing the level of commitment the late Chadwick Boseman brought to his performance. Boseman’s work was so powerful, it continued to influence his Black Panther co-star, Michael B. Jordan, and Coogler on their latest collaboration.
While on Black Panther , Boseman was so invested in being King T’Challa, he wouldn’t break too much of his character while shooting. “He was talking in an African accent,” Coogler said to Variety . “Disney execs came to see us on Panther .
It was week two and they pulled up and it was the T’Challa accent and they were freaked out. I was like, ‘Don’t be freaked out. He’s working, man.
He don’t turn it off until we wrap.’” That kind of work ethic made Boseman a north star for Jordan, the Erik Killmonger to his T’Challa, as he set out to play the twin main characters in Sinners . Coogler shared that their experience with Boseman helped Jordan “lock in” and draw on the mentorship core lessons learned from a star taken away too soon.
Sinners opens in theaters Friday, April 18..
