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Chadwick Boseman scores posthumous Emmy nomination for Marvel’s What If…?-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro
The actor died in August 2020 aged 43.
Chadwick Boseman returned as the voiceover of T’Challa in Marvel series What If…? (Picture: Marvel Studios/Disney Plus)
The Television Academy have honoured the late Chadwick Boseman with an Emmy nomination for the voiceover for his famous role of T’Challa in Marvel’s animated superhero series What If…?
The celebrated and much-loved actor died aged 43 in August 2020 following a private four-year battle with colon cancer. Most were unaware that Boseman was ill until the tragic news broke.
Boseman was best known for playing the lead role in Marvel’s ground-breaking superhero blockbuster Black Panther.
As well as voicing T’Challa, following his death, he earned acclaim for his final role in the Netflix drama Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, for which he was posthumously nominated for an Oscar.
Boseman’s What If…? character left fans overcome with emotion as they remember the late actor as Black Panther.
In episode 6 of the Disney Plus show, released more than a year after Boseman’s death, he returns once more, going up against his cousin as Killmonger strives to assert his control over Wakanda.
The celebrated and much-loved actor died aged 43 in August 2020 (Picture: Marvel/Disney/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)
Boseman was best known for playing the lead role in Marvel’s ground-breaking superhero blockbuster Black Panther (Picture: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Killmonger is reintroduced into the MCU as the saviour of Tony Stark (Mick Wingert), preventing the billionaire businessman from being injured and kidnapped, as depicted in the first Iron Man film.
While Black Panther tries to stop Killmonger, his efforts are left futile, as the episode ends with his funeral, with the former Black Panther’s coffin flanked by Wakanda’s Dora Milaje.
Fans were left devastated to witness T’Challa’s funeral in the series as they paid tribute to Boseman (Picture: Marvel Studios)
T’Challa appears again later in the episode on the ancestral plane, where he speaks with Killmonger after he becomes the new Black Panther.
Marvel fans were devastated to witness T’Challa’s funeral in the series as they paid tribute to Boseman, with one writing: ‘Seeing T’Challa in that episode hits different, we miss you legend thank you for everything.’
Boseman was also posthumously nominated for an Oscar for his role in Netflix drama Ma Rainey’s Black (Picture: Netflix/Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock)
Boseman joins the likes of Squid Game with his Emmy nomination (Picture: Marvel/Disney/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)
At the very end of the episode, The Watcher, voiced by Jeffrey Wright, makes a poignant statement about superheroes and the legacy they leave behind.
‘Heroes are never really gone. They live forever. As do the ones they inspire to carry on the fight,’ he says.
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Other Emmy nominations included the likes of Squid Game, Yellowjackets and Ted Lasso, and Succession, which scored a whopping 25 in total.
Other contenders also include the Selena Gomez Disney Plus series Only Murders in the Building, as well as Netflix’s hit sci-fi epic Stranger Things and acclaimed drama Severance.
Emmy Awards 2022 nominations
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Rachel Brosnahan – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary
Kaley Cuoco – The Flight Attendant
Elle Fanning – The Great
Issa Rae – Insecure
Jean Smart – Hacks
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Donald Glover – Atlanta
Bill Hader – Barry
Nicholas Hoult – The Great
Steve Martin – Only Murders in the Building
Martin Short – Only Murders in the Building
Jason Sudeikis – Ted Lasso
Outstanding Comedy Series
Abbott Elementary
Barry
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Hacks
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso
What We Do In The Shadows
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Colin Firth – The Staircase
Andrew Garfield – Under the Banner of Heaven
Oscar Isaac – Scenes from a Marriage
Michael Keaton – Dopesick
Himesh Patel – Station Eleven
Sebastian Stan – Pam & Tommy
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Toni Collette – The Staircase
Julia Garner – Inventing Anna
Lily James – Pam & Tommy
Sarah Paulson – Impeachment: American Crime Story
Margaret Qualley – Maid
Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout
Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
Dopesick
The Dropout
Inventing Anna
Pam & Tommy
The White Lotus
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Jodie Comer – Killing Eve
Laura Linney – Ozark
Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets
Sandra Oh – Killing Eve
Reese Witherspoon – The Morning Show
Zendaya – Euphoria
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Jason Bateman – Ozark
Brian Cox – Succession
Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game
Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul
Adam Scott – Severance
Jeremy Strong – Succession
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul
Euphoria
Ozark
Severance
Squid Game
Stranger Things
Succession
Yellowjackets
Outstanding Animated Programme
Arcane
Bob’s Burgers
Rick and Morty
The Simpsons
What If…?
Outstanding Short Form Animated Programme
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Love, Death + Robots
Robot Chicken
Star Wars: Visions
When Billie Met Lisa
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Patricia Arquette – Severance
Julia Garner – Ozark
Jung Ho-yeon – Squid Game
Christina Ricci – Yellowjackets
Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul
J Smith-Cameron – Succession
Sarah Snook – Succession
Sydney Sweeney – Euphoria
Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Nicholas Braun – Succession
Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin – Succession
Park Hae-soo – Squid Game
Matthew Macfadyen – Succession
John Turturro – Severance
Christopher Walken – Severance
Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:
Alex Borstein – The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Hannah Einbinder – Hacks
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary
Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live
Sarah Niles – Ted Lasso
Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary
Juno Temple – Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham –Ted Lasso
Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:
Anthony Carrigan – Barry
Brett Goldstein – Ted Lasso
Toheeb Jimoh – Ted Lasso
Nick Mohammed– Ted Lasso
Tony Shalhoub – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Tyler James Williams – Abbott Elementary
Henry Winkler – Barry
Bowen Yang –Saturday Night Live
Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie:
Connie Britton – The White Lotus
Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus
Alexandra Daddario – The White Lotus
Kaitlyn Dever– Dopesick
Natasha Rothwell –The White Lotus
Sydney Sweeney – The White Lotus
Mare Winningham – Dopesick
Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie:
Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus
Jake Lacy – The White Lotus
Will Poulter – Dopesick
Seth Rogen – Pam & Tommy
Peter Sarsgaard – Dopesick
Michael Stuhlbarg – Dopesick
Guest Actress in a Drama Series:
Hope Davis – Succession
Marcia Gay Harden –The Morning Show
Martha Kelly – Euphoria
Sanaa Lathan – Succession
Harriet Walter– Succession
Lee You-mi – Squid Game
Guest Actor in a Drama Series:
Adrien Brody – Succession
James Cromwell – Succession
Colman Domingo – Euphoria
Arian Moayed– Succession
Tom Pelphrey – Ozark
Alexander SkarsgårdSuccession
Guest Actress in a Comedy Series:
Jane Adams – Hacks
Harriet Sansom Harris – Hacks
Jane Lynch – Only Murders in the Building
Laurie Metcalf – Hacks
Kaitlin Olson – Hacks
Harriet Walter –Ted Lasso
Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:
Jerrod Carmichael – Saturday Night Live
Bill Hader– Curb Your Enthusiasm
James Lance – Ted Lasso
Nathan Lane – Only Murders in the Building
Christopher McDonald – Hacks
Sam Richardson – Ted Lasso
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Outstanding Competition Programme
The Amazing Race
Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls
Nailed It!
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Voice
What If…? is available to watch on Disney Plus. The Emmy Awards take place on Monday, September 12 this year, and will be available to watch in the UK on Sky.
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