Andra Day ‘Loved How Authentic’ Late Colleague Chadwick Boseman Was: ‘He Created Safe Spaces’

Andra Day is recognizing the lasting impact Chadwick Boseman made on her in a short amount of time.

The “Rise Up” singer, 35, met the Black Panther actor — who died at the age of 43 on Aug. 28 of colon cancer after a four-year private battle — on the set of the 2017 film Marshall, which she wrote music for and he starred in.

“I was only there for two days because I was just singing a song in the movie,” Day tells PEOPLE. “As a fan, it was amazing to watch him on set. He was so kind to me and so inviting, and I was only there for two days. I think, for me, it was more impressive to see that he engaged with everyone in the exact same way. It wasn’t because I was an artist, he dealt [the same way] with everybody.”