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John Boyega Criticizes Racist ‘Star Wars’ Fans That Refuse To Accept Black Actors In Heroic Roles: “They’re Okay With Us Playing The Best Friend”
John Boyega‘s tenure within the “Star Wars” franchise started with a mind-boggling racist backlash that saw a vocal minority online freaking out that the trailers revealed he would be playing a Stormtrooper in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (Finn was essentially the film’s co-lead but the role was scaled back in sequels) and teasing that he would be wielding a lightsaber.
The actor is still expressing his understandable disappointment with a portion of the fandom that struggles to accept black actors in heroic roles in the franchise.
