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        <title><![CDATA[John Boyega slams Disney’s treatment of his ‘Star Wars’ character]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Film critics deemed <strong>it a cinematic milestone</strong> when Disney cast John Boyega as &#8220;Star Wars&#8217; &#8221; first-ever black stormtrooper in 2014&#8217;s &#8220;Star Wars: The Force Awakens.&#8221; However, in a new interview with <strong>British GQ</strong>,&nbsp; the British-Nigerian actor claimed that his character still played second fiddle to his white co-stars.</p><p>&#8220;They gave all the nuance to Adam Driver, all the nuance to Daisy Ridley,&#8221; said Boyega, 28, who portrayed stormtrooper-turned-Jedi Finn in &#8220;The Force Awakens,&#8221; &#8220;The Last Jedi&#8221; and &#8220;The Rise of Skywalker.&#8221;</p><p>He says his on-screen sidelining came despite the fact that Disney billed his character as crucial to the plot.&nbsp; &#8220;[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,&#8221; the &#8220;Pacific Rim: Uprising&#8221; actor fumed. &#8220;It&#8217;s not good. I&#8217;ll say it straight up.&#8221;</p><p>Indeed, compared to &#8220;The Force Awakens,&#8221; Boyega&#8217;s role in the two sequels — &#8220;The Last Jedi&#8221; in 2017 and &#8220;The Rise of Skywalker&#8221; in 2019 — was noticeably diminished with many Star Warriors observing that the Jedi became little more than a lackey to Ridley&#8217;s Rey, <strong>Newsweek reports.</strong></p><p>During the fiery segment, Boyega brought up the vitriol he received from racist &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; fans over his landmark role.</p><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m the only cast member who had their own unique experience of that franchise based on their race,&#8221; said Boyega, who <strong>memorably spoke</strong> at a Black Lives Matter rally in London in June. He added: &#8220;Nobody else had the uproar and death threats sent to their Instagram DMs and social media, saying, &#8216;Black this and black that&#8217; and &#8216;You shouldn&#8217;t be a stormtrooper.&#8217; &#8221;</p><p> <noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/09/jb2.jpeg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/09/jb2.jpeg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/09/jb2.jpeg" /></p><p> Read the full feature in the October issue of British GQ, available via digital download and on newsstands Friday, September 4.</p><p class="credit"> Danny Kasirye</p><p> <noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/09/jb1.jpeg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/09/jb1.jpeg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/09/jb1.jpeg" /></p><p> Read the full feature in the October issue of British GQ, available via digital download and on newsstands Friday, September 4.</p><p class="credit"> Danny Kasirye</p><p>He continued, &#8220;Let&#8217;s just leave it like that. It makes you angry with a process like that. It makes you much more militant; it changes you.&#8221;</p><p>However it wasn&#8217;t just Boyega that was given short shrift on-screen. He claims he felt that Vietnamese actor Kelly Marie Tran, who played Rose Tico in &#8220;The Last Jedi&#8221; and &#8220;The Rise of Skywalker,&#8221; also took a backseat to Driver and Ridley.</p><p>&#8220;&#8216;Like, you guys knew what to do with Daisy Ridley, you knew what to do with Adam Driver,&#8221; lamented Boyega, adding that when it came him and Tran, it was like &#8220;f - - k y&#8217;all.&#8221;</p><p>Tran, who was the first woman of color to have a lead role in a &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; film, memorably exited social media in 2018 <strong>after suffering harassment</strong> from online trolls.</p><p>&#8220;&#8216;So what do you want me to say?&#8221; said Boyega. &#8220;What they want you to say is, &#8216;I enjoyed being a part of it. It was a great experience …&#8217; Nah, nah, nah. I&#8217;ll take that deal when it&#8217;s a great experience.&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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