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Star Wars Episode 8 is 'bigger, darker' than The Force Awakens, teases John Boyega

The Finn actor also dismissed any chance of a romance with Daisy Ridley's character Rey

Jacob Stolworthy
Saturday 14 May 2016 10:14 BST
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John Boyega is probably just about getting used to being grilled about Star Wars at every given opportunity.

This week at the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival, he shared some extremely general - but not less exciting words - on what fans can expect from Episode VIII.

Speaking to Variety about the upcoming Rian Johnson-directed instalment, Boyega said: "It’s a different take, darker, bigger. Someone will say: “How do you get bigger than ‘Force Awakens?'” But it’s crazy.

The actor was also quick to quash the idea that his character Finn and Daisy Ridley's Rey had any form of attraction to one another; when asked how the romance is "evolving in the next chapter," Boyega replied: "I mean, we didn’t establish a romance in seven; we never played it that way... Finn and Rey - they're just friends."

Slightly reneging, however, he went on to say: "Finn is a storm trooper, so he doesn’t really know what’s going on. So the romance thing is something that’s going to be interesting in the next installment. It’s not going to go the way you think it's going to go."

Boyega was being interviewed alongside Diary of a teenage Girl actor Bel Powley with whom he'd won Cannes' Chopard Trophy, an award given annually given to two of the film industry's rising stars.

Star Wars: Episode VIII will be released December 2018.

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