Star Wars', John Boyega on Being a Virgin and Racists Protests on Main Character 'Finn' Being Black
Star Wars', John Boyega on Being a Virgin and Racists Protests on Main Character 'Finn' Being Black
You may know actor, John Boyega as Moses in his 2011 film debut Attack the Block. If not, you’ve definitely seen him in the new 2015 trailer that has everyone excited, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
This prestigious English actor stopped by Sway in the Morning to talk about the film and opened up about his role as ‘Finn.’ The racists remarks…
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I never seen anyone making a statement again his skin color but why do we make the barely few who have mental health issues sound like its the greatest amount.
I hated the sequels. But John was definitely one the best parts. I didn't like what he did with the pacific rim sequel.
Not a fan of new Star Wars films but John seems like a really cool guy
So proud of this young brother, he represents us well!
We’re all racist.
To beat racism is to be racist, the new norm..
He's a narcissistic idiot who thought the movies were supposed to center around himself and turned it into a racist issue.
Man, Finn had so much potential.
If you celebrate black history, black achievements, and support BLM. But don't want white people celebrating their ethnicity, then who are the real racists and supremacists?
Well we know who would play Denzel in a movie and Sidney Poitier too
He sounds just like Kanye. Lol
Hottest export from Peckham since del boy
Wow- is this video needed right now!
The first time I see and feel Hate was when I was 18 years old. I never ever had hate and didn't think anything about Race till one day I had around 8 or 10 Bla people slagging me off calling me names then I was surrounded, one put something sharp to my throat and one with a screwdriver to my chest my body then they all started to hit push and take all stuff leaving me cut and beaten coz I'm White
He's from 'Peckham'. Right on!
Who here came back after watching his black lives matter speech? Racists always fucked with him.
4 years later leading the protests in London ❤️💯
Gorgeous chocolate skin 🍫🍫🍫🍫 I know that’s right
Black people need to save themselves before saving the universe
It’s less about how you look, and more about the context. If you are being casted based on your qualities as an actor, then brilliant. But if it’s based on some identity politics agenda, then that’s where the problem occurs due to the ongoing criticism that Hollywood films are valuing inclusion over good story telling.
He looks like Denzel Washington to go watch his movie
Star Wars themselves are racist for making him change his real accent. They must think a black British person is too weird.
Rather have jar jar binks than mo
John Boyega, he a London boi!
“Gotta black man that’s gonna save the future.” Uhhh, Star Wars isn’t about the future, quite the opposite.
Lol… and this is reason why black people shouldn't play in magic white movies. They just blew it
Did Billy Dee Williams aka Lando Calrissian experience the same racism as John Boyega aka Finn ???
It’s not racist it’s just like why the fuck is there a random stormtrooper black guy and just a bunch of random classic characters I don’t hate the actor but what does he have to do with the story the whole movie sucked other than bringing characters back
Soyboyega, #wedontcare.
If you were looking for that comment then hehe xD you got trolld hah
So John Boyega is a Christian? Huh how I didn't know that
I've seen him in many interviews now, and he's naturally funny in all of them. He could easily get into comedy – I'd especially like to see him do his own stand-up show sometime in the future.
I may be wrong, but this is just my opinion. I feel like this whole "They got a black stormtrooper?!?" uproar argument is being grossly misrepresented. I spend entirely too much online and am a Star Wars nerd and i've never heard of someone having any issue with any POC being in the movies? People love Lando. I really don't see the argument. Now, if you want to say that POC are grossly underrepresented in this universe, thats an entire separate argument and i would agree 100%. But in this case, people are complaining that he's black because storm troopers are all supposed to be clones of Jango Fett (they even acknowledged this in Ep. 7 by saying how Finn is only a stormtrooper because of an experimental program to use orphans). So the issue has nothing to do with the fact that he's black, and everything to do with him not being what fans expected him to look like based on the story that they were told.
In summary, people don't have a problem with Finn because he's black (besides the fringe minority assholes), but a large % of Star Wars fans were taken aback by the casting at first because they seemed to be ignoring the canon and rules of the universe. This was about continuity, not racism. But when someone sees someone else question why he's black, instantly they think that person is an evil asshole who doesn't like black people. I just do not think this is true at all. Star Trek is all about diversity and its the same damn fans that love SW.
Alright interview.
You know what. I'm disappointed that he wasn't that involved in the last jedi because Finn and Rey were actually pretty cute together. They had a good chemistry.
But The Last Jedi was really disappointing. Boring honestly. Too long.
I am from cheap London too.
I adore Finn. He knows which way to declare.
John Bodega pulling out the Jedi mind tricks in an interview
Love every minute of it!!!
He is sooo media trained now. What a shame !!
Boyega is nobody's hero
John was my favorite TFA character. Rey was my least favorite.
I can't believe he isn't a fan of the Porgs!! Lol (other interviews)
Wow sjws have really ruined the best movie series ever.
need that UA jumper
I want see stand up comedy from this guy
I literally hate Finn in the new Star Wars. Hes utterly useless. You could take him out of the movie and it would be fine. Finn is just a ridiculous character and has no purpose.
the new movies suck. quit the race baiting. it's 2017, no one fucking cares
Star Wars is NOT in the future. It's in the past.
No attack the block was great but fin is a boring character compared to the one he played in Attack the block