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Star Wars actor John Boyega wonders why there aren't notable black characters in fantasy
Posted on 7/19/17 at 7:15 pm
Posted on 7/19/17 at 7:15 pm
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When the stormtrooper took off his helmet in Episode VII, it didn't just matter that there was a real person under there. It mattered that the face you saw belonged to John Boyega, son of Samson Adegboyega and Nigeria and Peckham. “There are no black people on Game of Thrones,” Boyega says. (To be fair, there are, like, three.) “You don't see one black person in Lord of the Rings.” (That is true.) And though Star Wars had featured a few black characters—Billy Dee Williams as a smuggler, Samuel L. Jackson as a peripheral Jedi—they were less represented in the galaxy than Ewoks.
“I ain't paying money to always see one type of person on-screen,” says Boyega. “Because you see different people from different backgrounds, different cultures, every day. Even if you're a racist, you have to live with that. We can ruffle up some feathers.”
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Posted on 7/19/17 at 7:22 pm to Bench McElroy
It's becoming laughable at this point. There are definitely quite a few diverse characters in GOT. He went at Lord of the Rings as well 
Posted on 7/19/17 at 7:26 pm to Bench McElroy
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John Boyega
Just shut up and act.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 7:27 pm to swagsurfin7
When he or his race mates write some fantasy worth making into a movie there will be more diversity.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 7:29 pm to tigermeat
quote:Fixed.
Just shut up and pant excessively in every scene you are in.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 7:31 pm to Bench McElroy
He should be relieved honestly. Fantasy is fricking gay
Posted on 7/19/17 at 7:33 pm to bird35
Everyone knows King Arthur was a brutha
Posted on 7/19/17 at 7:45 pm to Bench McElroy
I was so hoping this guy's character would die in the force awakenings 
Posted on 7/19/17 at 7:51 pm to Bench McElroy
GoT actually made a character in the show black that isn't in the books (Areo Hotah). Majority of Dorne isn't white. Both of Dany's advisors that come with her from Mereen are black (Missandei and Grey Worm).
Nice try though.
Nice try though.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 7:54 pm to Bench McElroy
plenty of minorities in LOTR
Posted on 7/19/17 at 7:55 pm to Bench McElroy
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:01 pm to Bench McElroy
EVERYTHING is turned into a race issue now......every...single...fricking...thing
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:05 pm to Bench McElroy
When black people write fantasy than I expect that they will have black mc in fantasy.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:10 pm to Bench McElroy
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“I ain't paying money to always see one type of person on-screen,” says Boyega.
Then he's a total fricking racist.
Because there's the largest group (white) that pays money to basically always see one type of person (largely) and it isn't the paying customer...in watching the NBA.
There seems to be only one group that doesn't need to see themselves out there performing to enjoy the show.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:29 pm to Bench McElroy
Hey John, remind me who is playing the gunslinger in the Dark Tower movie?
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:31 pm to tigermeat
Boyega is literally the worst thing in TFA.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:34 pm to Bench McElroy
Because there is a difference in being able to sword fight and shooting a gun.
This post was edited on 7/19/17 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:35 pm to Bench McElroy
I wonder if he struggles with knowing he got the part bc of Disney's white guilt syndrome.
Posted on 7/19/17 at 8:36 pm to Bench McElroy
Well I'm kinda pissed off that there's only going to be like 2 white people in the upcoming Black Panther movie.
This post was edited on 7/19/17 at 8:37 pm
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