Tom Cruise has never been in a Star Wars movie, but he's still made a huge impact on a galaxy far, far away. Turns out we have the Mission: Impossible star to thank, at least in part, for John Boyega joining the Skywalker Saga.
During a panel at Emerald City Comic Con, Boyega spoke about how he was cast as Finn, First Order deserter turned Resistance member, in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. "I'm thankful to Tom Cruise, who loved Attack the Block," he says, per Popverse. "He was editing Mission: Impossible at the time with J.J. Abrams. Tom told J.J., 'You’ve got to watch this kid in Attack the Block'."
