Washington, March 14 -- Chadwick Boseman's widow, Simone Ledward-Boseman, has shared the speech she would have given at the 2021 Oscars if the late actor had won the Best Actor award for his role in the film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

Boseman, who was married to Chadwick before his death at 43 in 2020, shared the speech in The Hollywood Reporter's oral history of the 2021 Oscars, published on Friday, March 13, five years later.

Chadwick Boseman passed away in 2020 at the age of 43 after battling cancer. Many people expected that he would win the Best Actor award at the 2021 Oscars for his performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. However, the award went to Anthony Hopkins.

The speech, according to The Hollywood Reporter, read: "I will ne...