Chadwick Boseman died on August 20, 2020 at the age of 43 due to a cancer he had kept a secret. We were losing an actor whose career was catapulting to stardom thanks to his role as Black Panther in the MCU. He was posthumously nominated for an Oscar for his work of him on “The Mother of Blues” and we could still enjoy his voice once again in several episodes of ‘What if …?’, the Marvel animated series for Disney +. That work earned him a new award.
Emmys cast him as Best Dubbing of the Year for the role of T’Challa turned into an alternate Star-Lord. He competed against his partner Jeffrey Wright, also nominated for “What if …?”, In which he plays the Vigilante, against the late Jessica Walter (“Archer”), Julie Andrews (“The Bridgertons”), Maya Rudolph ( “Big Mouth”), Stanley Tucci (“Central Park”) and against F. Murray Abraham, nominated for voicing Khonshu in “Moon Knight”.
Chadwick Boseman’s widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, accepted the award on her behalf with an emotional speech: “When I found out that Chad had been nominated, I started thinking about everything that was going on in the world, and the world was so amazed by his commitment and dedication, and how nice that one of the last things he could work on is something so important to him and the world, but also something new. You can’t understand your purpose until you ask yourself what if …? What if the universe is conspiring in my favor? What if it’s me? Chad would have been very honored and I am very honored on behalf of him. “.
Chadwick Boseman will also be honored on September 9 with the Disney Legend Award at the D23 Expo in Anaheim., California, an honor she will share with other prominent members of the mouse family such as Ellen Pompeo, star of “Grey’s Anatomy” or the voice cast of “Frozen”. “What would happen if …?” prepare a second season.
‘Arcane’ makes history at the Emmys
In the first series of Creative Emmy winners they also received an award “Arcane” for Best Animation Program, being the first time a streaming series has won this award, “Jibaro”, Alberto Mielgo’s short for “Love, Death & Robots”, won the award for best animated short film, Peter Jackson won several statuettes for the documentary “The Beatles: Get Back” and regular characters like RuPaul or “Queer Eye” ‘continued their winning streak. There is another series of Creative Emmy Award winners yet to be revealed, and the main Emmy ceremony will take place on Monday, September 12.
Source: E Cartelera
