In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we meet the Stormtrooper who decides to defect from the First Order.
The actor, who currently plays Spider-Man/Peter Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, recently revealed that he was up for the part of Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Interestingly enough, Tom Holland would have starred with Daisy Ridley in the Star Wars sequels.
Had that panned out, it would have been Holland helping to usher in the Disney era of Star Wars, not John Boyega.