John Boyega ruled out ever returning to his role as Finn in the 'Star Wars' franchise following racist backlash from the galactic fandom.
in the"Obi-Wan Kenobi" Disney Plus series. He praised Ewan McGregor for supporting Ingram, who starred in the series as the Inquisitor Reva, but claimed Disney did not show him the same support when he dealt with racism for his star role. makes me feel protected. Do you understand what I’m saying? It makes me feel like, ‘Okay, cool. I am not the elephant in the room.’ Because when I started, it wasn’t really a conversation you could bring up," Boyega said.
But now to see how blatant it is, to see Ewan McGregor come and support… for me, [it] fulfills my time where I didn’t get the support." "It doesn’t make me feel bitter at all. It makes me feel like sometimes you are that guy," he added."And my dad taught me that. Sometimes you’re not the guy to get the blessing and sometimes you are Moses, you know, you lead the people to the mountain, but you see the destination. You don’t get to go in, you get others to go in.
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