chadwick boseman/instagram Legendary South African actor John Kani, 81, has the fondest memories of working with in . Kani, who played T'Chaka, the father of Boseman's T'Challa's, in the 2018 film, opened up about his experience while at the L.A.
premiere of on Dec. 9. "Here is this kid.
He is incredible. I'm with my son, Atandwa. And both of them were like my children, they called me 'daddy' right through," he told PEOPLE.
In fact, Kani says he and Boseman forged such a tight bond while they were working that when Boseman died in 2020, Kani received an influx of sympathy from people who thought he lost his biological son. Related: "When Chadwick passed away, I got a thousand messages of deepest condolences," he said. "At first I tried to explain, 'No, he's not my son, he's my son in the movie.
..' [but] I [have] just accepted now that he was my son.
An incredible, true consummate professional," Kani said. As for Boseman's work ethic, Kani revealed the late actor was tireless when it came to getting the scenes in the Marvel film right. "He wanted to be sure.
In Chad we had a sense of time," Kani shared. "He worked on a schedule he only knew, [and understood] that we haven't gotten enough time. He wanted a 25-hour day so he could get the opportunity to say everything he wanted to say.
That was my experience with Chadwick." Related: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Boseman with colon cancer.
Prior to working together in , Boseman and Kani also appeared together in back in 2016. To com.
