British/Nigerian actor, John Boyega has nabbed a cover for this week’s TIME magazine cover. According to the respected magazine, "John Boyega is certa
British/Nigerian actor, John Boyega has nabbed a cover for this week’s TIME magazine cover. According to the respected magazine, “John Boyega is certain he’s going to be a big, big movie star. Most people know the 25-year-old Brit as Finn from 2015’s ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.‘ But Boyega, one of 10 young trailblazers who TIME has chosen as this year’s Next Generation Leaders, is confident he can sidestep the quagmire of franchise fame that has kept some actors from ever eclipsing their first blockbuster roles.
“Would he rather follow the Denzel Washington/Harrison Ford path to stardom—bringing the same charming swagger to every role—or the Judi Dench/Idris Elba route of disappearing into parts. “I think to be a real star, you have to do both,” he tells TIME. “I’m going to do both.” Which might seem presumptuous if Boyega hadn’t been consistently checking off items on his superstardom to-do list.
“Since his breakout role two years ago, he has produced and starred in another franchise film, the upcoming ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ (become a producer: check), played opposite Tom Hanks in the poorly reviewed ‘The Circle’ (inevitable flop: check), returned to London to play a soldier with PTSD at the Old Vic (reaffirm acting chops onstage: check) and, with ‘Detroit,’ become the face of an Academy Award winner’s latest gritty film (make an Oscar bid: check). And he’s working on writing and producing his own movies in hopes of leading a generation of artists who bring more diverse stories to the screen. So, yes, John Boyega who appears on this week’s TIME International cover, will be a big, big movie star. And he plans to get there his own way.
