John Boyega doesn’t want to make Marvel movies, he prefers projects with more “nuances”

According to rumors, John Boyega was shooting a secret role for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, rumors that he himself took care to categorically deny: tAfter the experience with ‘Star Wars’, Boyega doesn’t even want to hear about blockbusters. In an interview with Men’s Health for the September issue, Boyega was very clear that it’s not in his plans why “I want to do nuanced things. I want to serve independent and original films that bring fresh new ideas, because I know it’s very difficult to get past Iron Man in that universe.”

And it was a long time before he became the Finn of George Lucas’ galaxy, Boyega began his career in British cinema with Joe Cornish’s film debut, “Attack the Block” and the films “Junkhearts” or “Imperial Dreams”. Also, the actor was very critical of his time at Lucasfilm, even saying so Disney relied only on him and Kelly Marie Tran to appear inclusive during the promotion, but they didn’t even know what to do with their characters. So when in an appearance on the ‘Fresh Air With Terry Gross’ podcast he praised Marvel’s treatment of black actors by turning Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) into the new Captain America, rumors of his move to UCM fired: “There are people who watch ‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ ​​and a lot of them talk about the development of Falcon, right, in the series and how they did really well to promote it, all of which I also agree with. . ” because you give the characters special moments “She said.

In the same interview for Men’s Health, Boyega mentions how, now, “Star Wars” has come out to defend actress Moses Ingram after receiving hundreds of racist attacks for her participation in “Obi-Wan Kenobi” and how he feels responsible for this shift in corporate consciousness: “I’m the one who brought this issue to the fore. At least the people involved now [en ‘Star Wars’]after my passage, they are fine. [Lucasfilm] will make sure you have support and at least now go through the franchise knowing everyone will have your back. I’m glad I spoke then. ”

too stressful

But that’s not the only thing he hated of his time in “Star Wars”. For him, the way of filming and the pressure from the fans and the leaks were “exhausting” and ensures that you have to look very carefully where you choose to focus your energy: “It’s tiring and stressful, and then you have to deal with the fact that in the end you have to act. There are many ways a job can wear you down, but the artistic one is unique. “he said, pointing out that it was “tired, frantic and paranoid” due to harsh criticism. Her upcoming projects include the sequel to “Attack the Block”, “The King Woman” with Viola Davis due out in September, the Netflix comedy “They Cloned Tyrone”, Gavin Hood’s “The Test” and “892” the North American theaters in late August.