John Boyega had co-stars’ “full support” over Star Wars criticism

Star Wars‘ John Boyega has mentioned that he acquired “full support” from his Rise of Skywalker co-stars, after he criticised the trilogy for pushing his character “to the side”.

Following the Skywalker Saga’s conclusion, Boyega – who performed Finn – known as out Disney for advertising a Black character “to be much more important in the franchise than they are”, and advised that Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver got “all the nuance”.

And the actor has now mentioned that he was fully backed by his co-stars for elevating the problem.

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– John Boyega teases the a technique he’d return to Star Wars universe

“I got a text message from Daisy, I mean we talk all the time,” he advised ET. “But to be fair I’m really, really close with my castmates, specifically Oscar [Isaac] and Daisy. Myself and Kelly [Marie Tran] had really transparent and loving conversations that I will never forget for the rest of my career.”

He added: “We were all already speaking about things, so me saying this wasn’t really a shock to them.”

Boyega additionally went on to elucidate why he determined to talk out in opposition to the Star Wars sequence, saying that him with the ability to share his expertise may sooner or later assist one other actor having to navigate an analogous subject.

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– Star Wars‘ John Boyega opens up about racist casting backlash

“One must always talk about things so that in moving on… for the next actor in that position, that’s now not going to be an alien conversation,” he mentioned.

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