John Boyega needn't worry about getting more work in Hollywood. "I don't know if I'm going to have a career after this, but fuck that," the Star Wars actor told a crowd of thousands at a Black Lives Matter protest in London on Wednesday towards the end of an impassioned and powerful speech about racism.
The speech, made in solidarity with protests in the U.S. following the death of George Floyd but also highlighting the U.K.'s own issues regarding racism within its police force, saw Boyega applauded internationally, not least in the entertainment world.
And the line about his career saw several major figures step in with reassurances. "We got you, John," said Jordan Peele in a tweet widely shared, while Olivia Wilde messaged that she would.
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