“At the time, Boyega’s talent agency, CAA, also represented “Iron Man” star Robert Downey Jr., who is no stranger to this sort of fame. So he sent an email to Downey’s agent saying, essentially, “Hi, I’m John. I’m going to be in ‘Star Wars.’ If he has time, can Robert Downey Jr. mentor me?” He wasn’t exactly sure that it would result in anything, but figured it was worth a shot. Later, Boyega remembers he was driving in London when he got a call from an unknown number. “Who’s this?” Boyega demanded. “It’s Robert,” the voice said. “Robert who, man?” “Uh, Robert, Downey Jr.” “I’m like, oh crap! Iron Man!” Boyega recalled. “I had better park up.” They talked for two hours that day. It was the start of a true friendship that’s since resulted in more hours-long chats, hang-outs, and even a chicken and waffles date. “Good lord we get deep,” Boyega said of their conversations. “For the most part it’s definitely private, but in general, his thing has always been inner peace and how to deal with this on a mental level. Taking care of your mental health is something that he talks to me about.” “He’s really changed my life with his advice.””
I saw the twitter alert on my phone about “John Boyega tweeted “homies for life” for valentines day” and I said to myself “please let it be a picture of his cat please god give me this” AND IT WAS
I have seen zero (0) posts about John Boyega’s recent instagram posts where he’s been having the time of his life partying in Lagos and Calabar and y’all are missing. out.
Have you ever seen such a smile on someone? The pure happiness radiating from it? A king in his peaceful kingdom? Like cmon
The actual MAGNIFICENCE and COOLNESS of this photo is legit killing me, staring into my soul, a quiet judgment that I am so willing to allow, like who is he? A god on our mortal earth? Jesus who?
And yet again, I have died so many times over that I now exist on another plane, 10000/10
Have y’all even SEEN such CONFIDENCE in a pose before? The richness of such pride in one’s own heritage? I’m not even religious but I sure as hell would drop to this man’s feet and worship him
That’s just his photos from the Calabar carnival in Nigeria but he’s posted sooooo much more to do with Christmas partying in Lagos, videos and music and more photos and all. Does anyone even appreciate life more than this man? I don’t think so
Carrie Fisher as Leia Organa with her daughter Billie Lourd as Lieutenant Kaydel Ko Connix and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair.
This is a common refrain among the new generation of Star Wars actors: that Fisher was the one who taught them how to deal. Boyega recalled that when there was a backlash against his appearance in the first Force Awakens teaser trailer, released in November 2014—the sight of a black man in stormtrooper armor drew ire from racists and doctrinaire Star Wars
traditionalists—Fisher counseled him not to take it to heart. “I
remember—and forgive me, I’m going to drop the f-bomb, but that’s just
Carrie—she said, ‘Ah, boohoo, who fuckin’ cares? You just do you,’ ” he
said. “Words like that give you strength. I bore witness in a million
ways to her sharing her wisdom with Daisy too.”
“I was on a strict diet during Episode VIII, and she was like, ‘Kid, get into that fridge and take some chocolate bars. I have many there.’ And I did,” he recalls. “I failed my diet because Carrie Fisher told me to. And it [felt] great.”
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