Michael B. Jordan opens up about Chadwick Boseman's death

Millions of people around the world were grief-stricken and shocked when it was announced Aug. 28 that Chadwick Boseman had died after privately fighting colon cancer for four years.

Michael B. Jordan, who co-starred with Boseman in 2018's groundbreaking Black Panther, experienced an especially acute pain. 

The 34-year-old was asked by Vanity Fair's Britt Hennemuth what made him cry the most in the last year, and his late 43-year-old friend was top of mind:

"Our relationship was a very personal one and had a lot of great moments—some that I couldn’t fully appreciate and fully understand until now. I wish I had more time to have our relationship evolve, and grow, and become closer and stronger. We got a concentrated dose of Chadwick. He did more in his 43 years of life than most people have done in a lifetime. And he was here for the time he was supposed to be here, and he had his impact, and his legacy. That was clear with the abundance of love that he has gotten from people all over the world. There are generations of kids coming up that look to him. It’s incredible. And losing him was…Yeah, man, it hurt. It hurt a lot. That’s probably what made me cry the most this year."

Boseman portrayed T'Challa, whose super alias is Black Panther, in three other Marvel movies: Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).