The Star Wars actor John Boyega says he has met Americans who are not aware there are black people living in London, and believes the under-representation of the black British experience in popular culture fuels such ignorance.
I met American people – civilians of a first-world country – who were confused that there were black people in London.
Boyega had to go through a seven-month audition process before he secured the part of Finn in Abrams’ Star Wars trilogy.
The third film, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, is out this month and earlier this year Boyega admitted to losing his script, which ended up on eBay, before being reclaimed by Disney.