like him, these actors who were nominated for the Oscars after their death

As the November 9 release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the shadow of the first interpreter of the Marvel hero hangs over the franchise. On August 28, 2020, Chadwick Boseman, revealed to the world for his role as T’Challa in Captain America: Civil Warthen Black Pantherdied consequences of colon cancer against which he had been fighting in secret for four years. In December the same year, he also played one of the main roles, alongside Viola Davis, in the Netflix film Ma Rainey’s Blues.

For his work, he is, like his playmate, nominated for both the Golden Globes and the Oscars. If the film wins the Oscars for best costumes and best makeup and hairstyles, unfortunately, none of the actors was awarded by the Academy. Faced with Chadwick Boseman, it was Anthony Hopkins who received the famous statuette for his role in The Father. A missed tribute for some who would have liked to see the actor rewarded for his talent posthumously, as had been the case for others.

The Oscars, tribute ceremony

Among the actors, film prodigies who died suddenly on the eve of one of their greatest roles, Heath Ledger is one of the unfortunate examples. Died of a drug overdose at the age of 28, the Australian actor had just finished filming the second film in the trilogy. Batman by Christopher Nolan. He brilliantly interpreted the role of the Joker, for which he will be rewarded with an Oscar and a Golden Globe posthumously in 2009. He was only the second actor to have been rewarded after his death. The first was Peter Finch, honored as best actor for his role in Network in 1977. Besides these two actors, only three others were appointed without receiving the famous statuette, like Chadwick Boseman. They were James Dean, Spencer Tracy and Massimo Troisi.

In the other categories, many film professionals have been nominated and/or rewarded after their death. This was particularly the case for Sidney Howard, Oscar for Best Screenplay for Gone with the wind, the first laureate already deceased. More recently, in 2014, Gil Friesen, producer of the documentary Twenty Feet from Stardom, was awarded after his death. Howard Ashman, American lyricist already distinguished for his work on The little Mermaidhad again received the Oscar for best song for The beauty and the Beast and had been named afterwards for one of the songs ofAladdin.