Star Wars Actor John Boyega Says Romance Between Finn and Poe Could Happen


Since Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released, fans have had a theory that John Boyega's Stormtrooper Finn, and Oscar Isaac's pilot Poe could be more than just friends. This was one of the romance theories we discussed in our list here.

Last month, Boyega initially shot down the idea of the bromance between Poe and Finn:

But now, the BAFTA-winner Boyega has said that anything could happen in the Star Wars universe.

After winning the Rising Star Award on Sunday (via Radio Times), he said: ‘What's so funny, I posted a video the other day of myself working out, skipping, and in the background Oscar is just like, "Yeah baby go on!" and people just went crazy.

‘But as far as I'm concerned when JJ [Abrams] sat us down to go through the script, it was a bromance. But now I'm learning what Mark Hamill said before when he didn't know that Darth Vader was Luke's father: you never know what they're going to pull.

I'm looking at the director Rian [Johnson] closely so he can get me involved early, so I can prepare myself. So who knows?'

That's understandable that he's open to the idae of an on-screen relationship with Oscar Isaac. It seems that Episode VIII director Rian Johnson supports the idea too:

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