In a BBC interview yesterday to promote drama Small Axe: Red, White and Blue, John Boyega discussed a transparent and honest conversation with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy about diversity in Star Wars. This follows on from previous comments the star has made.
“So I got on a phone call with Kathleen Kennedy (Lucasfilm president) and she verbally showed support and we got to have a really nice, transparent, honest conversation that is beneficial to both of us.”
“I think these kinds of conversations, you can go into the realm of sounding like you’re just trying to save your own career, but what is great now is that it is a conversation that anyone has access to. Now people can express themselves about this knowing that any character we love, especially in these big franchises like the Marvels and ‘Star Wars,’ we love them because of the moments that they are given, we love them because of those moments, and they’re heroic moments that these producers all decide for these characters so we need to see that in our characters that are maybe black and from other cultures.”
Small Axe: Red, White and Blue airs on Sunday November 29th at 9pm on BBC One.
