You might recognise John Boyega from his starring role in Attack The Block, the 2011 south-London-estate-kids-versus-aliens movie from a few years back. But if you don’t, you’re going to know him soon enough. The Peckham-born 23-year-old has build on that cult success, and in April last year it was confirmed he has a major part in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Boyega plays Finn, a Stormtrooper-turned-good, and it’s pretty sick to see the London streets being repped in the biggest film of the century. He’s come a long way in just a few years, and he's going to go a lot further, so here are ten things you (probably) didn’t know about him.
10 Things You Didn't Know About Star Wars' John Boyega
From South London to a galaxy far, far away.
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