Since Chadwick Boseman passed away a couple of months back, many interesting facts about the actors are being revealed by co-actors. One of the facts was recently disclosed by Denzel Washington, who said that he encouraged the late actor to marry his wife.
The 65-year-old actor had played an important role in Boseman's life even before he became popular. He helped Boseman when he was unknown in the entertainment industry to participate in an acting program at Oxford University.
In fact, the actor also produced the Black Panther star's last movie, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Although the actor said that Boseman never revealed about his colon cancer while he was shooting for the film. The actor appeared on CBS Sunday Morning and revealed that he noticed the care and love between Boseman and his wife, Taylor Simone Ledward.
The couple was unmarried at that time, and Washington witnessed Ledward taking care of the actor while he was filming the Netflix feature movie. In fact, they got married sometime before the actor’s death at the age of 43.
Washington said that it was fascinating to learn that nobody knew about Boseman's battle against cancer, and he kept the entire journey private. Moreover, he praised the actor's wife for taking care of him and remembered saying to Boseman that he should marry her.
The Remember the Titans star said that at that time, she used to watch him, but nobody had any clue of what was going on. The couple has been dating each other since 2015, but they engaged officially in 2019.
Later, Boseman's family confirmed that he secretly married Ledward last year when they announced in August that the actor passed away. They appeared together for the first time publicly in 2019 at the Screen Actors Guild Awards' red carpet.
The actor was nominated for his Marvel blockbuster, and in the same year, the actor received the outstanding actor in a motion picture at the 50th NAACP Image Awards. In fact, the actor paid tribute to his wife during the acceptance speech.
Boseman said during his acceptance speech that Ledward is with him every single day and he needs to acknowledge her, while from the audience, Ledward also said I love you. The actor's final movie, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, is all set to release on Dec. 18 and Netflix confirmed that the actor would be nominated as the lead actor of the movie.