Chadwick Boseman says the response of moviegoers helped to make ‘Black Panther’ "special".
The 40-year-old actor – who starred as T’Challa in the widely acclaimed Marvel film – won the Best Hero award at the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards in Los Angeles for his role in ‘Black Panther’, and Chadwick used part of his acceptance speech to thank fans for their support.
He shared: "You made this movie special. You made this moment special.
"When ‘Black Panther’ came out, we wanted to make sure that we did a movie that everybody could embrace so thank you so much for what you did."
‘Black Panther’ – which features a predominantly black cast – is already considered to be one of Marvel’s biggest success stories.
And Chadwick previously recalled witnessing the world’s reaction to the Ryan Coogler-directed movie.
He explained: "As we premiered the movie in Korea, in London, after the LA premiere, we started to see how the world was going to receive it.
"We knew that a lot of black people were excited about the movie. But I think when we started to see the response overseas, that’s when I started to go, ‘Oh, wow, this is a big deal.’"
Chadwick said that the success of the film disproved some of the attitudes he’s witnesses within the movie business.
He confessed: "Studios will very often tell you that movies with a black lead are not going to work overseas.
"So I think that was the thing for me – this means something everywhere in the world.I know at that point that it could actually change how studios respond to our movies."
Chadwick Boseman says moviegoers’ reaction to Black Panther made film ‘special’
