29 November 1976 – 28 August 2020The Oscar-winning costume designer – who worked with the actor on Black Panther – recalls a kind, self-assured man who would rather crack a joke than talk about his illnessAndrew Weatherall remembered by David HolmesRead the Observer’s obituaries of 2020 in fullIn 2015, I interviewed for the film Marshall, about the supreme court justice Thurgood Marshall in the 1940s, and they told me that Chadwick Boseman was playing the lead.
I really loved his work in 42 [playing Jackie Robinson], and as James Brown in Get on Up, so I was excited to meet him.
He walked in for his first fitting and I showed him images and black-and-white videos of people in the 40s doing the lindy hop and going out partying.
He started doing some of his James Brown moves in the room, to get us into the mood – I was amazed at his dancing abilities.
Thurgood Marshall would
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