Viola Davis Admits She Judged Chadwick Boseman on Film Set, Didn't Know He Had Cancer

[Jaguar93]

You never know what the next person is going through. RIP Chadwick…think before you judge bruhs.

Viola Davis Admits She Judged Chadwick Boseman on Film Set, Didn't Know He Had Cancer

Viola Davis says she judged some of Chadwick Boseman's choices on the set of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" ... unaware he needed extra pampering because he was so sick.

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Viola Davis says she judged some of Chadwick Boseman's choices on the set of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" ... unaware he needed extra pampering because he was so sick.

The EGOT winner sat down for an interview with The Times -- published Friday ... and, she discussed the 2020 flick based on August Wilson's seminal play of the same name, which also happens to be the last part Boseman ever filmed.

Davis says -- like many people around the world -- the cast didn't know Chadwick was sick ... so, when she saw Boseman's girlfriend and make-up artist rubbing his back and playing meditative music, she was a bit critical.

Viola tells The Times, "There was a part of me that was a little judgmental — why do you need all that? Little did I know that they were doing it because he was dying.”

Months after he died, Viola called him a beautiful man and artist who "had a quality that very few have today, whether young or old, which is a total commitment to the art form of acting. Regardless of ego, regardless of any of it. He was with the same agent he had when he started his career."

Sounds like Viola was a little hard on him in her mind ... and, she's admitting to it now.

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

Telling this is a mistake.
Some things you should keep to yourself

 

[BobbyWojak]

Telling this is a mistake.
Some things you should keep to yourself

She's a weirdo.

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

She's a weirdo.

No good comes from putting this out.

Attention is a he'll of a drug

 

[Apollo Creed]

These folks hate black men.

 

[2 one 3]

Woulda been best not to speak on this

 

[Mike18jj]

I'm convinced nobody has self or social awareness anymore

 

[Elim Garak]

It's a life lesson and takes a big woman to admit it. Hopefully she becomes a better person for it.

 

[MajesticLion]

 

[Wig Twistin Season]

People like her bother me. If someone is doing their job and not bothering you or disrupting the flow of work, why do you care? Why are you bothered? Why is the music he’s listening to of any concern to you if it’s not full of curses or offensive?

 

[yardman]

She’s lame as fukk! Tells you a lot about her general demeanor and disposition.

Put all those years into your career, played all those roles and you’ve never been fawned over the way he was. It was hate to begin with. Cac star actors get that same treatment on set and none of these black actors never publicly came out and said anything of the sort. Stop excusing the sentiment because they’re apologetic. Everyone wasn’t making fun of Chadwick, especially anyone in the medical field. Same way I knew something was wrong with Virgil when I seen him with his eyebrows shaved off of at that red carpet event before he died. Once again she’s lame as fukk!​

 

[Hey_zeus]

Viola stay doing a bit too much at times. Literally 0 reason to share except wanting to look suspect.

 

[YaThreadFloppedB!]

Davis says -- like many people around the world -- the cast didn't know Chadwick was sick ... so, when she saw Boseman's girlfriend and make-up artist rubbing his back and playing meditative music, she was a bit critical.

Viola was critical of Chadwick because his GF was rubbing his back ? What a weird thing to be upset about. Even if he wasn’t sick how does that bother you as a person ?

 

[OaklandCertified]

This is probably half the story... I bet she did way more than she admitted.

 

[RamsayBolton]

many would have thought similar shyt if they saw him on set getting what they would think is pampering