“I’m the only cast member who had their own unique experience of that franchise based on their race,” John Boyega told British GQ of his “Star Wars” role."[But] 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. It’s not good,” he told the magazine. “I’ll say it straight up.
The British actor, 30, also called out the studio for giving “all the nuance” to Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley‘s characters in the trilogy, but not knowing what to do with his or Kelly Marie Tran‘s characters.“That’s the peace that I felt, Moses Ingram being protected makes me feel protected,” the “Detroit” actor told Fugelsang earlier this week. “It makes me feel like, ‘Cool, I am not the elephant in the room.
“But now, to see how blatant it is, to see Ewan McGregor come and support ... it for me fulfills my time where I didn’t get support. It doesn’t make me feel bitter at all, it makes me feel like ... sometimes you’re not the guy to get the blessing,” he said. “Sometimes you’re Moses, you lead the people to the mountain, but you see the destination, you don’t get to go in. You get others to go in, and that’s where you get your happiness from.
The “Breaking” star hoped his situation helped Black actors feel more confident in speaking out about feelings of discomfort. “What the conversation does is, it for me is so positive because it gives other actors the ability to be able to say, ‘OK, look, I’m not comfortable with this’ or ‘This is what’s happening, this is the kind of support I need.’ And that for me is what I wanted out of everything.”
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