After his very public critiscm of the Star Wars sequels, John Boyega has said that this has led to a “very transparent” conversation with Disney.
“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,” he told GQ. “It’s not good. I’ll say it straight up.”
Recalling his decision to speak out, Boyega has now told The Hollywood Reporter: “I’m the type of person that came into an industry in which I felt there was, not to give it the L.A. stab, just a lot of pretense.
“I don’t roll like that. I’ve been in situations in life in which I know what it feels like to have your life at risk. There are deeper things going on here. I don’t care about trying to mesh in with the system in order to secretly work it. That’s just not my way.
“Everyone’s just got to have an honest and open conversation. It doesn’t have to be conflicting or rude, but it’s a chance for us to actually, really and truly understand where each other is coming from.”
Opening up further about speaking to Disney afterwards, the star revealed: “It was a very honest, a very transparent conversation. There was a lot of explaining on their end in terms of the way they saw things. They gave me a chance also to explain what my experience was like.
It will be interesting to see how this changes things moving forward.
