The Justified Character You Likely Forgot Chadwick Boseman Played
Unfortunately, Chadwick Boseman’s Ralph “Flex” Beeman was never able to realize his dreams of becoming a successful magician. But it wasn’t Raylan Givens who cut the young man down. Instead, it was his fellow US Marshal Rachel Brooks (Erica Tazel), who shoots Beeman after he pulls a gun on her brother-in-law Clinton Moss (Larenz Tate), whose criminal history has left deep wounds on Rachel, whose sister (and Clinton’s wife) he killed in a car accident years before.
“For Blood or Money” is centered in part on Moss’s attempts to flee the scene of a murder he commits at a halfway house, and at one point, he meets up with “associate” and drug dealer Beeman in the hopes of acquiring some traveling funds. When Beeman refuses him, Moss shoots him in the hand, leading Beeman to pull his own weapon and hold Moss at gunpoint, which eventually leads to the climactic shootout that claims Beeman’s life and eliminates Boseman from the larger “Justified” universe.
In his most famous role as Wakanda’s champion Black Panther, Boseman is a regal and noble superhero and statesman, while Flex gave the actor a chance to showcase his range in a character that’s quite different from T’Challa. And it’s exciting to go back and see a movie star in the making in an excellent early episode of “Justified.”
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