After starring in Joe Cornish's Attack The Block, John Boyega became a household name as Finn in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. However, Star Wars proved to be a rocky ride for Boyega – thrilling, naturally, but also marred by racist online abuse and Finn being sidelined as the trilogy unfurled. "What I would say to Disney is do not bring out a Black character, market them to be much more important in the franchise than they are and then have them pushed to the side," he told British GQ in 2020.
Speaking to Total Film magazine in the latest issue, which features Fast X on the cover, Boyega explains he's said his piece on those comments. "I’ve said what I said on it, and that doesn’t change overnight," he says. "We handled that years ago. [There’s no point] recycling the same story that’s been for two years."
