Denzel Washington once sponsored a student’s Oxford education. Years later, he became Black Panther. Chadwick Boseman recalls his ‘you owe me money’ response
Denzel Washington once helped fund Chadwick Boseman’s summer drama programme at Oxford University, unaware the student would become Marvel’s Black Panther. Boseman discovered his benefactor’s identity through a letter and thanked Washington years later at the film’s New York premiere. Washington jokingly responded, “You owe me money!”
Boseman went on to earn acclaim before his death from colon cancer in 2020.
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