John Boyega
John Boyega
John Adedayo Adegboyega, known professionally as John Boyega is a British actor best known for playing Finn in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh film of the Star Wars series. Boyega rose to prominence in his native United Kingdom for his role as Moses in the 2011 sci-fi comedy film Attack the Block...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth17 March 1992
epic lead people scripts
The scripts that I've been getting are of epic proportion. People want me to lead the big armies.
defies goes great people
It's always great to play a character that goes against the grain. Finn defies what people think when they think of stormtroopers.
people women
People of color and women are increasingly being shown on-screen. For things to be whitewashed just doesn't make sense.
other-cultures long people
It's amazing that people still feel, 'Oh my gosh, it's a black guy.' We've been here for a long time; let's get used to it. Let's get used to other cultures.
reality giving people
Some people feel fulfillment from a bitter end - it gives them some sort of sense of reality. But, when you're dealing with reality, I feel like films should discover the part that is happy.
artist cities people
I want to see more people of different backgrounds being cast in films. I want to see people from inner cities being discovered, because that's where you find some really brilliant artists.
character people trying
People watch me when I get into these characters that I have in my head, so perhaps I should try acting. So I did.
somewhere
There's a difference between living somewhere and being part of somewhere.
primary school secondary since trained
I've been acting since I was 5 years old, from primary school to secondary school, did training at drama school, which was the big thing for me because they trained me, put me out into the industry.
alien invasion kids petty south
'Attack The Block' is an alien invasion film set in South London. It's about a group of kids who are some petty thugs, who have to find the hero in themselves, when they attack.
alpha biggest life movies rest urban
My biggest challenge is to not do urban movies for the rest of my life, those alpha hoodies.
good
You know, we all can do bad, and we all can do good.
culture urban
You know, urban culture is fun; it's lovely.
good
I'd like to be in anything that tells a good story and has an interesting character.