“So, my feeling is if Martin Scorsese or Quentin Tarantino call Evan [Lowenstein, Spacey’s manager] tomorrow, it will be over. I will be incredibly honoured and delighted when that level of talent picks up the phone,” he added. “And I believe it’s going to happen.”

In the years since Boseman's death, several memorials have been erected in his honor: His alma mater Howard University's school of fine arts was reestablished in his name, and the performing arts academy in his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina, was also named for him.