“Sometimes you just need to be mad. You need to lay down what it is that’s on your mind. Sometimes you don’t have enough time to play the game.”
— John Boyega born March 17, 1992 in London, England
Happy birthday, John! You’ve been on your grown man ish for a minute now, but 30 isn’t a milestone for nothing. You’ve been inspirational in not just how you’ve used your star power to encourage and help others, but in keeping it real about how all that glitters has not been gold and that at a certain point, you weren’t going to skin and grin just to make others feel comfortable.
Whatever else your life and career holds for you, you’ve earned it, many times over. Here’s to the next 30 years being even better than those that came before them -- you’ve earned it.
Long live the King!
(Graphic created on commission by @acdramon)
[Image Description: Digital graphic of John Boyega in three of his most iconic roles. The first image shows him as Finn, from The Force Awakens, holding Anakin Skywalker’s lightsaber. The middle image is of John portraying Moses from Attack the Block. He faces forward, his hoodie up and hat on. The final image is of John as Jake Pentacost in Pacific Rim Uprising. He wears an unbuttoned shirt with a “Pentacost” name bar over a white T-shirt. The graphic scrolls slowly from left to right over each character and loops back to the beginning. /end ID]
