For higher or for worse, actor John Boyega will perpetually be linked to the Star Wars franchise. He starred in the closing three chapters in the Skywalker Saga, together with The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker. While these movies weren’t fan-favorites, they have been additionally not extremely regarded by Boyega himself, however he was a fan of the franchise lengthy earlier than these movies, and he continues to be.
In a current interview with Total Film journal (through GamesRadar), Boyega defined that regardless of his emotions on these final movies, he is nonetheless a “massive, massive” fan of Star Wars.
“I was the person on set correcting stuff,” he laughs. “Like the flying jet troopers that we had in The Rise of Skywalker. Poe had been saying, ‘They fly now’ and I thought they had seen the flying jet troopers from [animated TV series] The Clone Wars. I play the games on Battlefront. I have a robust relationship with the whole Star Wars stuff.”
He provides of his love for the franchise:
“My first interaction with Star Wars was a Darth Maul figure. I’m a ’90s baby so I came during the prequels. I was like, ‘Bloody hell, man.’ I didn’t know what it was but I knew it looked cool and there were spaceships and glowsticks that could slash your wrist off. Then I went back to the old Star Wars after. OK, I’m guilty – I did say that the effects are shit when I was younger! I didn’t know any better. Then I grew into maturity and was in love with it. I still am in love with it. I bloody love it. But it’s almost nicer not having to be in it, and not having to deal with that. It’s weird, you just go back to being a fan again and see yourself in the games.”
He additionally shared that he watches all of the Disney Plus Star Wars reveals, and “loves” all of them. It’s too unhealthy that after he acquired to be part of the franchise, it didn’t prove effectively for him as an actor, or a fan.
Boyega was most not too long ago seen in the 2022 drama, The Woman King, and he is at present engaged on a number of initiatives, together with the extremely anticipated sequel, Attack the Block 2.
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