The actor expected greater prominence in the episodes he participated in and celebrated a backlash against toxic fans
Actor John Boyega has stated that he has no interest in returning to the Star Wars franchise, where he played Finn in George Lucas’ latest universe trilogy. In an interview with the program Tell me everything with John Fugelsangconfirmed that the role is out of his plans.
“I think Finn has been left in a good place where you can appreciate him in other things, in games, in animation. But I feel that (episodes) VII to IX have been good for me,” he commented.
Boyega added that he found “allies” in the people he worked with during the pandemic, such as director Juel Taylor and colleagues Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, Viola Davis and Daniel Kaluuya, to refocus his career: “Diversity is my way “.
It is not the first time that the actor takes the distance from the saga, an experience that has come to define “a luxury prison”. There was great anticipation from him, who appeared in the opening images of the trailer for the first film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, revealed on November 28, 2014. His character soon became known as the “Black Stormtrooper”.
The role, however, did not end up gaining the expected prominence and in November 2020 Boyega said he had an “honest and transparent conversation” about the role. representativeness in the saga with Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, after commenting in an interview that her character and those of other black actors, such as Naomi Ackie, Kelly Marie Tran and even Oscar Isaac (“a brother from Guatemala”), had been put “on the sidelines” of history. Consequently, the initial guarantees of the study were not met.
The experience was also marked by racism of toxic fans on social mediawhen the studio initially adopted a strategy of silence.
During the interview with John Fugelsang, the actor expressed his satisfaction that the reaction was very different when fans attacked Moses Ingram, from Obi-Wan Kenobi. “This is the peace I felt. When Moses Ingram was protected, I felt protected too. After all, when I started my career, this wasn’t really a topic to talk about,” he mused, showing satisfaction with the the fact that his experience had opened the door.
Source: Terra
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