Boyega hits out at Star Wars fans for racist comments

Actor John Boyega has slammed Internet trolls for their abusive and racist behaviour towards his co-stars from the film Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

The 26-year-old actor’s comments came weeks after Kelly Marie Tran, who portrayed the character of Rose Tico in the Rian Johnsondirected film, deleted all of her Instagram posts due to months of online harassment.

“If you don’t like ‘Star Wars’ or the characters, understand that there are decision makers and harassing the actors/actresses will do nothing. You’re not entitled to politeness when your approach is rude. Even if you paid for a ticket!” Boyega wrote on Twitter. In a later tweet, he wrote: “To the majority of ‘Star Wars’ fans thank you for supporting and putting yourselves in our shoes. You understand that there is a process so much appreciated!”

Before this, veteran Star Wars actor Mark Hamill and director Johnson had also tweeted their support for Tran, who is the first Asian to feature in the franchise.

“What’s not to love? #GetALifeNerds,” Hamill wrote on Twitter while sharing his picture with Tran.

Johnson slammed the “manbabies” and the fans for their abusive behaviour on social media. “On social media a few unhealthy people can cast a big shadow on the wall, but over the past 4 years I’ve met lots of real fellow SW fans. We like and dislike stuff but we do it with humour, love and respect. We’re the vast majority, we’re having fun & doing just fine,” he tweeted.

Actor Daisy Ridley, the face of the latest Star Wars films, had also been trolled when she debuted with Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). lthough he is just a few films old in Bollywood, actor Tahir Raj Bhasin has already garnered a lot of attention and praise from critics and fans alike. However, the actor insists that he won’t let the popularity get to his head.

“This is the one thing that I have learned from Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Manto co-star). Once you start letting fame and recognition go to your head and your feet leave the ground, you start messing with creative thing. It’s important to be humble and true to the craft and that’s when things stay on track,” feels Tahir, who made his debut with Mardaani (2014) and later acted in the 2016 film Force 2.

He would next be seen in Nandita Das’ directorial project, Manto, which recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.The actor has also forayed in the digital space with a six-part drama series and he says that he is thoroughly enjoying the medium. “I think there are so many brands in global space when it comes to content on the web. This space is also exciting because if you have your pre-production in place, you can actually shoot the project and airing takes only three to four months. There are so many aspects where digital space is going ahead and the most important among those would be censorship,” he says. aving started her Bollywood career as an assistant dancer, it overwhelms Daisy Shah to be one of the leading ladies of the successful Race franchise.

“When I look at the film’s poster, I feel so surreal thinking about my journey. I was one of the assistant dancers on Race 10 years ago, and now I am one of the lead actors of Race 3. I have got a chance to share screen space with legends like Anil Kapoor and Salman Khan.”

Daisy started out in showbiz as an assistant dancer under ace choreographer Ganesh Acharya, and first worked with Salman Khan in the film Tere Naam (2003). “I started from zero, really. It is about meeting the right people at the right time that makes you go where you do. And I know that in our industry, everyone works hard but not everyone gets recognition. Perhaps that is why I am quite compassionate towards people on a film set, including technicians, because I know I was one of them a while ago,” said the actor.

While in Race 3, Daisy plays a strong-headed, outspoken woman, she is quite the opposite in life. “I’m an introvert who is a little shy to get into random chats. I would rather observe people silently. My character is quite an ‘out there’ person,” she says.

With Race 3 having been helmed by Remo D’Souza, also a well-known choreographer, would she, in the future, want to be a part of a dance movie directed by him? “I had a brief chat with Remo sir, but we need the right script to collaborate for a film,” she says, adding, “I so wish to dance with Varun Dhawan in a dance film. Hopefully, someday the wish will be fulfilled.”