Chadwick Boseman Inducted As Disney Legend During This Year's D23 Expo
Joining former co-star Robert Downey, Jr, as well as Black Panther co-creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Chadwick Boseman is now an official Disney Legend. Presented annually at Disney's D23 Expo, the award is a hall of fame program that is awarded to those who have heavily contributed to the Walt Disney Company.
The Black Panther star was inducted alongside other stars like Anthony Anderson as well as Frozen stars Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, and Josh Gad at this year's Disney Legends Award Ceremony. Boseman's brother, Derrick Boseman, accepted the award on his late brother's behalf.
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Boseman passed away in 2020 after a long, private battle with cancer, and was recognized posthumously for King T'Challa in 2018's Black Panther, which garnered Marvel Studio's first Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards. The film went on to earn over $1.3 billion worldwide and make Boseman a household name.
«Chad was an amazing person,» his brother said in his emotional acceptance speech (via Variety). «Plato is credited with coining the phrase that 'art imitates life.' But Oscar Wilde came behind him and said, 'Life imitates art.' And in Chad's case, it seems that life is imitating art. If we pay attention in this thing called storytelling, a story is being told to us all. Thank you for honoring my brother. I want to say: Chad, we'll always love you. And mom and dad will always love you. To me, mom and daddy are also legends. Because it takes a king and a queen to create a king.»
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