SevenSkalls comments on MCU Projects that have been scrapped

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

I also heard he wasn't great in Altered Carbon, but I've never watched that one. I thought he did well enough in Falcon and the Winter Soldier and the major problems in that ~~movie~~ *TV show were the hastily written lib ending and the classic liberal "swerve" on the mostly sympathetic victim, with the most cliched "kick the dog" moment ever.

So did John Boyega refuse MCU roles or something? I don't recall this quote you referenced or know the context. If so, sounds like it was a good idea. Although I haven't seen him anything in awhile, but I'm sure he's set with the Star Wars money.

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[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

IIRC the Boyega thing was during the press run for Rise of Skywalker and he was half-joking (and probably fucking tired), but the "direct to streaming" stuff had a real stigma and mediocre pay. I think Disney had been renewing contracts with their franchise actors to have the right to pull them into those shows and he had already felt burnt by his role in the ST (fr they did him dirty tho).

I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up in the MCU if he leaned into the Disney work. Oscar Isaac ended up in Moon Knight (we're not getting a season 2 of that, are we...), so it's a realistic hypothetical scenario lol.

I haven't seen a lot of his stuff post-Star Wars, but They Cloned Tyrone was pretty funny and Pacific Rim 2 was ass lol. Like you said, he seems like one of those post-franchise young actors who can be a bit more picky. Robert Pattinson has had a cool career, I'm hoping John Boyega lands some good roles.

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