John Boyega has some tough news for Finn and Poe worshippers: their hopes for the two Star Wars characters to cross lightsabers is pretty much a figment of his costar’s imagination.
In an conversation with U.K. based journalist Chris Mandle, Boyega shot down any idea of a Finn/Poe romance that has been hinted at by actor Oscar Isaac and become the subject of tons of online fan-fiction.
A bit of background if you’re the one who hasn’t seen the newly minted highest grossing film of all time:
In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Boyega’s Finn and Oscar Isaac’s Poe have a very strong bromantic chemistry that, at least for this queer eye, bordered on the romantic. The relationship has stoked the creativity of fanfic creators everywhere who would love for Finn/Poe to be the first gay love story in Star Wars history, and Isaac has stoked the flames of fandom with this quote from an appearance on Ellen to promote the flick:
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“I think it’s very subtle romance that’s happening. You have to just look very closely you have to watch it a few times to see the little hints but there was. At least I was playing romance. In the cockpit I was playing there was a deep romance there.”
Though he didn’t exactly say who the romance was directed at, he doesn’t share many scenes with Rey. Since the internet has gone crazy with ‘shipping the two, Boyega shot the rumors down via one simple quote to Mandle:
It’s too bad, since we were holding out a new hope for a groundbreaking romance in the Star Wars universe, but we guess a gay guy (and all those straight girls writing gay fanfic) can still dream.
Brian Wirt
Vader voice: NO!!!!!!!!!
Ken Spragg
Nothing to say that Isaac-as-Dameron can’t be working from his own assumption that Poe is gay or bi and just has an unrequited thing for Boyega-as-Finn. And unless Boyega’s relaying something that the script-writers have already told him, he could get a surprise himself.
Not that I care strongly in either case, I’d rather have the X-wing pilot to myself anyway.
Kieran
Silly rabbit, any Trekkie can tell you there are no gays in Outer Space. That would be icky.
Jack Gearing
Thank god
Danny Ray
Boooooooooooo @ John Boyega! A missed opportunity right there!!!!
Brian
It’s hilarious how the gay community needs to resort to the make-believe of fan fiction as a result of liberal Hollywood’s reluctance to explore male homosexual desire. Not getting what you wanted from your liberal so-called friends, eh?
Realitycheck
Oh please! I am a Star Wars fans and there was nothing even remotely gay about the interaction between the 2 characters, I would love if a major movie like Star Wars had gay characters in it, but Star Wars didn’t and that’s cool.
That said , John Bodega did a great job, and I am sure fans world over can’t wait to see more of him and his character what ever the sexual orientation might be.
Realitycheck
@Danny Ray: LOL I don’t think he writes the script, actually I am 100% sure he doesn’t have any say in it….
Brian
Star Wars’ producers are very conservative.
Franklin
@Brian: I don’t know who lied to you and told you Hollywood was liberal. It’s actually quite the opposite.
lykeitiz
Oh well, there’s still C-3PO.
CWM85
Gay? Star wars? Just not happening… I’m a huge fan but haven’t even thought about a gay character… nevermind a gay couple.
Ariel Hans Christian
The Force is splitting the fandom AGAIN! Not even a YEAR! Abrams FIX THIS…LOL
Prinny
@Brian: And its pathetic that you still come here comment on anything Jason!
Steve McSheffrey
I’ve never been a fan of films where characters fall in love when they spend as little time together as Finn and Poe. It wasn’t even time spent getting to know each other! Add the fact Finn was brainwashed since prepubescence to be a good little Storm Trooper and does he even have a sexuality yet to respond to someone as shallow as Poe?
Philigree
@Brian: still more than what your “friends” can even think of offering since they emerged from the back swamp that is your mama’s basement. seriously though, i don’t know why you even bother posting such trite nonsense here. do you seriously think that you can convince people that your sorry ass opinions and beliefs are worth their time? sometimes, i feel like queerty just hired you to ensure that more than 3 people would comment on each post. either way, its sad.
Amaurys Arias
I refuse to believe him. Their love is pure and forever. …but seriously, they did have the best chemistry in the movie.
Bubbleandsqueal
Boyega is the new Charlton Heston and Isaac is the new Stephen Boyd.
CWM85
Boyega being Nigerian is probably vehemently against this gay romance. Africans don’t play lol
scotshot
@Brian:
GEE WHIZ Brian! You write as if the only fan fiction is written by gay men when in reality there are millions of heteros who write it also.
Aren’t you late for the Ted Cruz rally?
Shoo, Shoo Missy!
KJ
For whatever reason, Isaac believes that Poe is gay, and he played it beautifully and subtly. In one interview, when asked what color his light saber would be, he replied, “rainbow.”
Cagnazzo82
@Brian: The straight female community is at the heart of online slash/fan-fiction. Not necessarily the ‘gay community’.
That being said, please take your self-hating elsewhere where it’s might be more appreciated.
Wooly
I would have welcomed such a development but its a bit too out there even for Star Wars. There is a gay character in a novel called Star Wars Aftermath and some readers went through the roof because of it. Still I don’t understand why Boyega had to quash the rumors so enphatically. |Why not let them play out a bit. Regardless, I’d rather have Kylo Ren any day.
Ogre Magi
@Brian: and do you think we would get what we want from your conservative friends?
Brian
Looks like Hollywood doesn’t want to show male-male erotica in its movies. Hollywood is basically a bunch of homophobic money men and liberal actors colluding together to become rich at our expense.
scotshot
@Wooly: People had fits over a black guy being cast. But how much has it earned?
A gay character would raise a furor,but wouldn’t hurt a Star Wars movie. Remember the original Star Trek had the first inter racial kiss on television.
ethan_hines
@Kieran: Apparently you never saw the unaired sequels called Star Trek: Blood and Fire where Peter Kirk asks his uncle James Kirk to marry him and his lover, Lt. Alex Freeman. Enjoy it here: https://vimeo.com/49213004
scotshot
@Brian: If you don’t want people to get rich at your expense stay home….can you even afford a movie ticket?
Seriously
Seriously shipping isn’t a gay thing or a straight thing. Pick any TV show and there are fans usually straight girls writing about the characters getting it on. As popular as Poe/Finn are Reylo which is Kylo Ren/Rey and they are probably either cousins or siblings so don’t get your panties in not Brian. So yeah it’s a big spoogy rabbit hole.
But for sure both straight fansgirls and gays alike are going to be excited about a gay couple since they like most sane people get that if there are gay folks in real life then there should be some in the big old Star Wars universe.
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