John Boyega explains why he spoke against Star Wars racism

John Boyega Tackling his decision to speak out in a public voice about the racism he experienced after joining the Star Wars franchise.

The female actor revealed a king, 33, Weekly US Why he felt it was important to call out the racist backlash he suffered following his appearance in the Star Wars sequence trilogy, explaining that he “did not like what I was seeing.”

“I didn’t like it,” Boyega told us in the premiere of Number one on the call sheet In Los Angeles earlier this month. “He went against my point of view. I thought, in my job, great for people to know how we belong to this.

Boyega starred as Finn, a stormtrooper-turned resistance fighter, in 2015’s The police woke up2017’s The last Jedi and 2019’s Skywalker progress. The British actor told Gq In 2020 he was the “only cast member whose experience of Star Wars was based on their race.”

“You realize, ‘I had this opportunity but I’m in an industry that wasn’t even ready for me,” said Boyega at the time. “No one else in the cast had people saying they were going to boycott the film because (they were in).

While the experience is challenging, Boyega has been able to find joy in his career. Said to Us that he met and befriended with several mentors who have helped him steer the industry and everything that comes with him.

“Robert Downey Jr., who has mentored me,” said Boyega. “I’d say Jamie Foxx, who entered me.

Boyega is one of the many actors being addressed Number one on the call sheetA two-part documentary on Hollywood Black co-produced by Foxx. Following his appearance in the dock, Boyega is supposed to start working on action films.

“A king’s womanI rested and wore nice gowns. Now, they’re at a point where they go, ‘No, John; We need to jump out of a plane, ‘”explains Boyega.” So, I’ll do an action (movie) next. I have the Attack the block A sequence coming up that we do. There are a whole group of projects that will be announced in the coming months. “

Number one on the call sheet Premieres is a world -eag world on Friday, March 28, on Apple TV+.