Chadwick Boseman hinted at cancer battle in resurfaced interview

It was revealed on August 29 that Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman passed away after a four-year battle with colon cancer.

Now, it appears that Boseman hinted at his cancer battle in a 2017 interview that resurfaced following the actor's death on Friday.

Writer, Matthew Jacobs, took to Twitter on Friday, and wrote: "I interviewed Chadwick Boseman in 2017, and to think he was going through cancer while satisfying the physical demands of a Marvel movie..."

Jacobs shared a screenshot of the interview, where he asked Boseman about coming off a Black Panther project, then doing the movie Marshall, and again shooting another Black Panther feature.

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"Did you bulk up, slim down and then bulk up again?" Jacobs asked Boseman. The writer said that the actor nodded and looked exhausted as he replied, "Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah."

When the Jacobs said: "You've been through the wringer," Boseman replied: "Oh, you don't even know," Boseman responded. "You have no idea. One day I'll live to tell the story."

The South Carolina-born star passed away at his Los Angeles home on Thursday, his family confirmed in a statement.

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Posting to social media, Boseman's family revealed that he had in fact been diagnosed with the disease back in 2016 - choosing to keep the situation away from the public eye as he continued to make movies. They also revealed that Boseman had been surrounded by loved ones when he passed, writing:

"A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much," his family said in the statement. From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and several more - all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy. It was the honor of his career to bring King T'Challa to life in Black Panther."