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Love How Outspoken and Honest He is


And people are mad for it wow there snowflakes

https://io9.gizmodo.com/john-boyegas-post-star-wars-honesty-is-a-good-thing-1840773091

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John has evolved to his new form: Based Boyega.

As much as I hate this trilogy and even the character of Finn, I always thought Boyega had good screen presence and would go on to be successful after this trilogy is over. I'm not so sure that his co-stars will have the same success.

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I thought he had really good screen presence too. When I was watching the first movie in the trilogy, I thought his arc with Rey would be the main arc in the trilogy. But Rey's and Kylo Ren's characters were apparently the main characters, which ok. (I thought Rey was a bit of a Mary Sue, and I was more interested in Finn's character personally, precisely because he was so flawed. But as soon as we found out the connection between Kylo Ren and Han Solo, I knew the trilogy would be focused on Kylo Ren). To those saying he just doesn't have "it," I wonder how much of that is the way the role is written. I was reading a book about screenwriting that said A-list actors refuse roles where they play weak or submissive characters (the advice to screenwriters was along the lines of - make sure your main characters' lines are really strong and decisive so you can attract A-list actors). I think what that says is that one part of success is how the role is written; if this is true, it's easy to see how a minority race actor can be caught between a rock and a hard place where the only roles for which he will be considered are roles that are not good career-builders. So while on paper it might sound great that you were cast in a Star Wars movie, it's not necessarily the same strong jumping-off point for the actor who plays Finn's character as it is for the actor who plays Kylo Ren's character.

At the same time, I think for an actor to say negative things in public doesn't usually help, especially younger actors who don't yet have the power (and money) to speak out without career repercussions. You want to build your fanbase and you want to build good relationships with the people who make the movies. It probably would have been a better strategic move for him to say something like, "Of course, like every actor in a supporting role, I would have preferred if my character were given a stronger arc, but I'm very grateful to have been part of such an iconic franchise."

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Good to see he is upsetting the overly sensitive twitter mob and standing his ground. These people are bullies and only have as much power as you give then.

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good to see you're on the side of gina carano

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should wait till film is out of theaters before trashing it. classless

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Not sure about him being honest.

He willing signed up to play the Jar Jar Binks of the Disney Trilogy; took the money and associated fame boost Star Wars could give him for all it was worth; yet now since he's a BLM activist he's pulling an even worse retcon than Disney yanking the Emperor out of their asses to suggest he was meant to be the DT's Luke Skywalker and got shafted!

So outspoken yes. Honest, not so much.

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Not sure "honest" is the right word.

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He's a terrible actress

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The man is a clown. I hate the sequel trilogy as much as the next. But all this nonsense from him just makes him look like a spoiled ungrateful child who's throwing a temper tantrum because his part wasn't what he wanted it to be.

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He is exposing the racism in the industry

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You do realize if Disney was racist they never would have hired him in the first place

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logic?
why are you bringing that outdated idea up

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Also I understand he went into Star Wars expecting it to be one thing and it ended up being something else. Once upon a time Ewan McGregor signed onto the prequels thinking they would be one things, and they ended up being one thing.

But that IS what happens. If anything be grateful you got the opportunity to be apart of one of the biggest franchises in film history. As for Kelly Marie Tran's that was Rian's character, and not a good character at that. So when JJ came back it made sense to push that character to the side.

I'd have more respect if he came out and said Disney handled this sequel trilogy poorly, they had no plan going in, they were just winging it, and the end result was a cluster-f_*k of epic proportions. Instead he played the race card, and looks like an idiot as a result. Didn't see Samuel L Jackson do that after the sequel trilogy.

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