John Boyega had to stay silent about being cast in the new Star Wars film. Photo / Getty
John Boyega felt like Batman while he was shooting Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, because he was living a double life.
The British actor portrays Finn in the upcoming movie, which is shrouded in secrecy ahead of its December release, and Boyega admits the pressure to keep
all plot lines under wraps was so great, he was constantly afraid he would give something away.
"Through the audition process we didn't get to take the script home so we had to go to Pinewood [studios in the UK] and learn our lines and then go home," he told US talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.
"I felt like I was living a double life, like Batman."
The most interesting thing [about getting the part] was telling my dad. I went home and I was like, 'Dad, I've just been cast in Star Wars'. And he was like, 'OH MY GOD! You are in Star Wars? That is fantastic, I knew it! What is Star Wars?' He didn't know."
