'Black Panther' Chadwick Boseman was a real-life hero as Sienna Miller reveals this about the late actor
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Chadwick Boseman died in August after a four-year battle with cancer.
Not often do you come across an actor who walks the talk. ‘Black Panther’ actor Chadwick Boseman was one of those.
In a recent revelation, Sienna Miller revealed how Chadwick Boseman did something respectful for her. She revealed that the late actor took a pay cut for her to be compensated fairly for her work on their film together, ‘21 Bridges’.
She said, “He produced 21 Bridges, and had been really active in trying to get me to do it. He was a fan of my work, which was thrilling, because it was reciprocated from me to him, tenfold. So he approached me to do it, he offered me this film, and it was at a time when I really didn’t want to work anymore. I’d been working non-stop and I was exhausted, but then I wanted to work with him.”
She continued, “I didn’t know whether or not to tell this story, and I haven’t yet. But I am going to tell it, because I think it’s a testament to who he was. This was a pretty big budget film, and I know that everybody understands about the pay disparity in Hollywood, but I asked for a number that the studio wouldn’t get to. And because I was hesitant to go back to work and my daughter was starting school and it was an inconvenient time, I said, ‘I’ll do it if I’m compensated in the right way.’ And Chadwick ended up donating some of his salary to get me to the number that I had asked for. He said that that was what I deserved to be paid.”
Sienna added, “It was about the most astounding thing that I’ve experienced. That kind of thing just doesn’t happen. He said, ‘You’re getting paid what you deserve, and what you’re worth.’ It’s just unfathomable to imagine another man in that town behaving that graciously or respectfully. In the aftermath of this I’ve told other male actor friends of mine that story and they all go very, very quiet and go home and probably have to sit and think about things for a while. But there was no showiness, it was, ‘Of course I’ll get you to that number, because that’s what you should be paid.’”
Chadwick Boseman died after a four-year battle with cancer. He was best known for playing Black Panther in the MCU film. His final screen appearance wil be in Ma Rainey’s ‘Black Bottom’.