John Boyegais significantly increasing his criticism of Disney’s handling of hisStar Warscharacter.
The British actor had strong words about Finn’s arc inThe Rise of Skywalkerduring a new interview in BritishGQ.
“You get yourself involved in projects and you’re not necessarily going to like everything.
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It’s not good.
I’ll say it straight up.”
So what do you want me to say?
What they want you to say is, ‘I enjoyed being a part of it.
It was a great experience…’ Nah, nah, nah.
I’ll take that deal when it’s a great experience.
They gave all the nuance to Adam Driver, all the nuance to Daisy Ridley.
Let’s be honest.
I’m not exposing anything."
Let’s just leave it like that.
It makes you angry with a process like that.
It makes you much more militant; it changes you.
Nobody else had that experience.
But yet people are surprised that I’m this way.
That’s my frustration."'
“The last thing we were doing was deliberately trying to sideline Rose,” he said.
The news follows Ridleynoting that she struggledfor roles in the wake of her time on Star Wars.
“Weirdly, at the beginning of the year nothing was coming through,” she said.
“I was like, ‘Aww!
Boyega has had quite a journey over the last year.
Boyega also gave a speech against racism in June at a Black Lives Matter protest in Londonthat drew acclaim.
