Appearing on yesterdays episode of Tell Me Everything With John Fugelsang, streaming on Sirius XM, John Boyega was inevitably asked about a potential return to the Star Wars galaxy, and his reply indicated that – for now – his interests lie elsewhere.
“At this point I’m cool off it. I’m good off it. I think Finn is at a good confirmation point where you can just enjoy him in other things, the games, the animation. But I feel like ‘[Episode] VII’ to ‘[Episode] IX’ was good for me.”
“To be fair, [with] the allies that I’ve found within Joel Taylor and Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, Viola Davis, all these people I’ve been working with… versatility is my path.”
John also broached the subject of racism in fandom, with Moses Ingram being publicly targeted before Ewan McGregor made clear his own feelings and disgust at the situation.
“Moses Ingram being protected 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. You know how they went through it. It was kind of like, let’s just be silent. It wasn’t a conversation you could bring up. 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. 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. And that’s where you get your happiness from. And for me to see other people accepted, and then at the same time to see that the studios now are like, ‘Okay, cool. This is not an elephant in the room conversation. We need to support our Black client.’ It’s fantastic.”
We discuss Oscar Isaacs thoughts on a return, and in turn the potential of John and Daisy, on the 147th episode of Making Tracks, steaming now on Fantha Tracks Radio.
