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John Boyega would love to be in โBridgertonโ.
The โStar Warsโ star would โabsolutelyโ love to appear in the Netflix period drama โ whoโs recently dropped second season stars Jonathan Bailey, Simone Ashley, Charithra Chandran and Phoebe Dynevor โ based on the series of books by Julia Quinn as he is all about โversatilityโ.
After being asked if he would feature on the Shonda Rhimes created series, which has been renewed for a third and fourth season, The 30-year-old actor told reporters at a Q A hosted by Julie Adenuga on Wednesday (13.04.22) : โOh absolutely!โ
John added: โI would, Iโm all about versatility. Thatโs what we were taught especially in drama school, we were taught about roles that wouldnโt necessarily come our way but we were still trained to try and portray it.โ
The โSmall Axeโ star โ after finishing a number of high-profile projects โ has the โspaceโ now to explore other things.
John said: โI feel like definitely, I have more space for things that are different for sure.โ
The โAttack The Blockโ star reminisced about the time in his career he made the โlast round of everythingโ and how it โhurtsโ to miss out on them.
He said: โI feel like there was a time in my career where I was getting to the last round of everything but not getting it.
โI went to LA and auditioned for The Maze Runner โ before you guys saw that glorious movie, John Boyegaโs broke a** was in LA sleeping on my friend Davidโs couch walking from Hollywood Boulevard to Sunset Gower Studios.
โI know how it is with those Netflix shows, when you get closer and closer, you smell the moneyโฆ Thatโs the frustrating thing about our industry is that we know we could get that one job and it could be like that, but unfortunately, a lot of times you come close to it and then you go back and that hurts.โ