Actor John Boyega has accused Disney of sidelining his Star Wars character in favour of his white co-stars.The London-born actor, 28, played Finn, the franchise’s first black Stormtrooper, in the recent trilogy.But his screen time was less in sequels The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker than in opener The Force Awakens.John said: “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.”“It’s not good.
I’ll say it straight up."He claimed the films’ owner Disney “knew what to do” with Daisy Ridley’s Rey and Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren “but when it came to John Boyega, you know f*** all.“They gave all the nuance to Adam Driver,.
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