John Boyega, who made history as the first black stormtrooper in Star Wars, has slammed Disney in an explosive interview.
Chewbacca, Poe Dameron, Rey and Finn in a scene from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Picture: DisneyHe says his main co-stars Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley, who played Kylo Ren and Rey respectively, didn’t suffer the same fate.
“You knew what to do with these other people, but when it came to Kelly Marie Tran , when it came to John Boyega, you know f**k y’all. “I’ll take that deal when it’s a great experience. They gave all the nuance to Adam Driver, all the nuance to Daisy Ridley. Let’s be honest. Daisy knows this. Adam knows this. Everybody knows. I’m not exposing anything.”Boyega referenced Tran, who made her debut as Rose Tico inBut Tran, who is of Vietnamese descent, was forced to delete her social media posts in 2018 due to overwhelming racial slurs on her Instagram.
The actor participated in a Black Lives Matter rally in London in June following the death of George Floyd, admitting the hate he’d received had changed his persona.
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