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
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Who wouldn't want to be in 'Star Wars?' It'd be great.
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When I was in primary school, I was given a five-line script in 'Anansi the Spider Man,' and I decided to just improv and make it my own. For a second, I felt like Kevin Hart because everyone was laughing. I just continued to do it. Why not?
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There is a level of appreciation for brothers and sisters in the hood.
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I watched season four of 'The Wire.' They have subtle performances that they do through their eyes. You could watch season four with the audio off and still understand what's happening through their eyes.
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People of color and women are increasingly being shown on-screen. For things to be whitewashed just doesn't make sense.
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My stormtrooper suit would chip underneath the armpits and in between the thighs. So they had to do a lot of editing for my costume and shave some areas down.
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My biggest challenge is to not do urban movies for the rest of my life, those alpha hoodies.
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I think 'Star Wars' always has to be bigger and bigger and better every time, and there's a great cast on 'The Force Awakens.' It's ground-breaking.
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You know, we all can do bad, and we all can do good.
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You know, urban culture is fun; it's lovely.
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I'm grounded in who I am, and I am a confident black man. A confident, Nigerian, black, chocolate man. I'm proud of my heritage, and no man can take that away from me.
I'm a comic reader and a manga fan.
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I love London. I'm a London fanatic. That's my city.
The 'block' in 'Attack the Block' is not just a physical thing. It's people; it's families.