While filming "Black Panther" in Atlanta, actor and star of the film Chadwick Boseman said he would pass by the Ku Klux Klan holding rallies in a Walmart parking lot on his way to South Carolina to visit family.

"When I was shooting Black Panther in Atlanta, I used to drive back on off-days to go see my family in Anderson. It’s about two hours," he told the publication Mr. Porter. "And I would see the Klan holding rallies in a Walmart car park."

Boseman's described his experience of being a part of one of the biggest and blackest films of the year, but still witnessing these acts firsthand that are an attempt to stop progress.

He added, "So it’s like we’re going forwards and backwards at the same time. People don’t want to experience change, they just want to wake up and it’s different. But this — shooting Black Panther and then driving past the Klan —that’s what change feels like."

This type of racist behavior is nothing new to Boseman. Growing up in Anderson, South Carolina, the actor said he experienced it up close and personal.

"I know what it’s like to be a kid at an ice cream shop when some little white kid calls you ‘n****r‘, but your parents tell you to calm down because they know it could blow up," Boseman said. "We even had trucks try to run us off the road. It’s not hard to find in South Carolina. Going to high school, I’d see Confederate flags on trucks."

In the highly-anticipated film "Black Panther," Boseman plays the titular character. The film is already projected to be one of Marvel's biggest films and is expected to gross almost $150 million during the opening weekend of Feb. 16.