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All My Children Casting Director Hired Michael B. Jordan When 'Magnificent' Chadwick Boseman Was Fired After 1 Week

Chadwick Boseman claimed in 2019 that he was fired from 'All My Children' after voicing objections to the ABC soap's "stereotypical" portrayal of his character.

At a Tuesday, Jan. 14, event celebrating the show’s 55th anniversary at New York City’s 92NY, Judy Blye Wilson, who served as All My Children ’s casting director from 1991 until the show’s network TV finale in 2011, recalled having to replace Boseman with his future Black Panther costar Jordan. Michael B. Jordan on 'All My Children' in 2004.Virginia Sherwood/Walt Disney Television via Getty Boseman, who died of colon cancer at the age of 43 in 2020, would have been in his late 20s when he was hired to play Reggie Porter on the ABC soap, his first-ever TV role. Despite losing the job, Boseman felt that his criticisms led the show’s writers to improve the character for Jordan.

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