Viola Davis recalls being 'a little judgmental' of Chadwick Boseman on set before learning of his cancer battle Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By AMY LAMARE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 23:41, 30 March 2025 | Updated: 23:48, 30 March 2025 e-mail View comments Viola Davis has revealed she felt 'a little judgmental' of Chadwick Boseman and the support he had on their film set prior to learning about his cancer diagnosis.
The duo starred in the 2020 film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, just was released three months after Boseman's death at age 43 from colon cancer. It was his final film. During an interview with The Times , the EGOT winner, 59, recalled that Boseman's fiancée, Taylor Simone Ledward, and make-up artist rubbed his back and played meditative music when they were on the set of the Netflix film.
'There was a part of me that was a little judgmental — why do you need all that?' Davis said. 'Little did I know that they were doing it because he was dying,' she added. Davis said no one on the cast were aware of Boseman's diagnosis.
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