By Adesoba Toluwalope
The late “black panther” star, Chadwick Boseman has earned double Screen Actors Guild awards nominations on Thursday, February 4, 2021.
Although he has been nominated for several awards in the past, the actor got a posthumous nomination for Globe on Wednesday and that hikes the deceased’s number of nomination.
Boseman is nominated for his lead role as an ambitious young horn player in 1920s blues drama “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and his supporting role as a Vietnam War soldier in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” making him earn two nominations.
Both films also scored nominations for best cast the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild ceremony which has been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.
The deceased won so many awards before his death, that includes, “BET award for the best actor” in 2018, “MTV movie award for best hero” in 2018 and several others.
Boseman died August last year from colon cancer aged 43, something he kept secret for a long period of time, even when mocked of his sudden weight loss.
Boseman’s co-star Viola Davis also earned a lead actress nod for “Ma Rainey,” putting it in a tie atop the SAG film acting nominations with Korean-American drama “Minari.”
“Minari,” a story of an immigrant family who moved to 1980s rural Arkansas to start together a new life.
Actors nominated in the same category include Riz Ahmed for ’Sound of Metal’, Anthony Hopkins for ‘The Father’, Gary Oldman for ‘Mank’ and Tahar Rahim for ‘The Mauritanian’.
The 78th annual Golden Globe Awards airs Feb. 28.
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