YOUNG DENZEL APPRECIATION THREAD

[Heero Yuy]

 

 

I ain't saying he is or isn't

Just want him to clarify what he meant

I don't see having one token black guy as overcoming obstacles

When i see a Star Wars film or any other huge franchise movie with majority black and ethnic minority actors with a few supporting whites then I will say that's overcoming obstacles

Being the lead male in the biggest franchise in Hollywood is being a token?

 

 

Haven't seen the film but is he really the lead?

 

 

Him and Adam Driver are

[Grafter]

Seeing this young brother on the TV the past week and he just looks like he is having a great time enjoying his moment I am happy for him seems like a genuine nice person who knows what hard work is, Respect to the younger generation breaking barriers and overcoming obstacles. 

 

 

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no one can be the next Denzel

 

just like there is no next MJ, there is no next Pacino

 

they are unique talents in leagues of their own, it winds me up when people do this, its a bit disrespectful imo

[Sleepz]

The negative energy some of you lot bring is foul. 

[Afroman]

The negative energy some of you lot bring is foul.

Truss.

Bruh's are often their own worst enemy

[Thizz]

What's negative saying this guy isn't Denzel?

[Cole Des]

lets see what he does next but michael b. jordan in my eyes is the next denzel

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Good shout bro

[Monday Bandele]

no word of a lie, all along i thought this michael b jordan dude was nick cannon until i just googled him

[QPR Dee]

Seeing this young brother on the TV the past week and he just looks like he is having a great time enjoying his moment I am happy for him seems like a genuine nice person who knows what hard work is, Respect to the younger generation breaking barriers and overcoming obstacles.

When I see man at the LA premiere shouting out Peckham it was gas

Guy is living a mad dream and having all kinds of fun with it. Beautiful to see.

Especially after all the racist shit he got when he was announced as starring in star wars.

[Da Luv Doc]

Didn't even know about the racist shit until a week ago. What happened?

[Restrictive]

 

Murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor's father has revealed Star Wars actor John Boyega was with his son moments before he was fatally stabbed.

The youngsters both lived on a tough estate in Peckham, south east London, and Mr Boyega was one of the last people to see Damilola before he was attacked with a broken bottle.

Damilola's father, Richard Taylor, has revealed Mr Boyega, now aged 23, and his sister Grace were the two children seen on CCTV with Damilola moments before his death in November 2000.

 

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Damilola's father, Richard Taylor, has revealed Mr Boyega, now aged 23, (pictured left) and his sister Grace were the two children seen on CCTV with Damilola (right) just moments before his death in November 2000

 

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Damilola (pictured left) with John and Grace (blurred, on the right) in CCTV footage taken shortly before he died

On November 27, just 10 days before his 11th birthday, Damilola left a computer class at Peckham Library and was walking home to his flat on the North Peckham estate when brothers Danny and Ricky Preddie, fatally stabbed him.

The schoolboy - who had only arrived in Britain from Nigeria four months previously - was found bleeding to death in a stairwell.

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Danny and Ricky, aged 12 and 13 at the time, were convicted of his manslaughter six years later.

Mr Taylor, 60, told The Mirror Mr Boyega, who was then aged eight, and his sister Grace, then aged 10, were the two children seen on CCTV with Damilola just moments before he was stabbed.

 

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Mr Taylor, 60, said Mr Boyega, then aged eight, and his sister Grace, then aged 10, were the two children with Damilola just moments before he was stabbed

The Boyega family were close to Damilola and his parents, and Grace had looked out for him after he arrived in Britain in 1999.

Mr Taylor said: 'Damilola and John and Grace were so close. They were looking after him when he arrived in the UK, because they went to school together. 

'The three of them were captured in the CCTV recording that the police used when they asked people to come forward to assist with the investigation. 

'They were the last to see him,' Mr Taylor said. 'They wanted to escort him home, but he said he was going to be OK. They left him by the junction then he went around the corner and the gang were waiting for him.'

Speaking in 2010, Mr Boyega's sister Grace said: 'After Damilola first arrived at the school I was the one who showed him around and we paired up together. I’d see him at every lunch and break time.

'He was so bubbly and enthusiastic – always smiling. When the teacher told us that Damilola had died I just couldn’t stop crying.

'For a long time I kept thinking that maybe I could have been there – that I could have followed him to his door and made sure he got in his house. I still feel as if it was yesterday.' 

Mr Boyega plays the part of stormtrooper Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a role which has seen him win critical acclaim - but even as Hollywood beckons it would appear he has not forgotten where he comes from. 

Mr Taylor also revealed Mr Boyega recently nominated the Damilola Taylor Trust as one of the 15 good causes to share £1.35million from the charitable initiative Star Wars: Force for Change

He said he wishes the 23-year-old luck in his film career before adding he is pleased something good has come out of the North Peckham estate.

'There's good coming out of the place,' he said. 'John's promoting Peckham, not denying his roots. Damilola would have been doing the same thing.' 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3371441/Damilola-Taylor-friends-Star-Wars-actor-John-Boyega.html#ixzz3v8vifk3w
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[Grafter]

RIP Damilola

[ag.]

mad

[Afroman]

Why are you rolling your eyes though Restrictive?

[Cole Des]

RIP Damilola

Remember me and Gran watching tv barling when that happened but atleast something positive can now be attached to that tragedy.

When you shine we shine.

[Mame Biram Diouf]

Why are you rolling your eyes though Restrictive?

Baffled

[Restrictive]

I just didn't feel it was necessary for this information to be released.

But i guess it shows what hes come from, big up still.

[Mame Biram Diouf]

It educates a new generation about what happened and reminds other generations about what happened.

Might even boost donations to the charity.

Nothing wrong with it at all. It's a very good use of the media in this case imo

[Afroman]

It educates a new generation about what happened and reminds other generations about what happened.

Might even boost donations to the charity.

Nothing wrong with it at all. It's a very good use of the media in this case imo

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[Cole Des]

Nearly let you man troll me still.

Nate Parker is the new Denzel

Better actor than Michael B Jordan aswell.

[Thizz]

Bro he's 36 ffs.

 

He's himself.

[ag.]

That Nat turner film sounds sick tho

[Grafter]

He is just right

Every detail of his face beauty

Falling in a love right now

[Tee]

reminds me of Jamie foxx with a better hairline

[ag.]

He is just right

Every detail of his face beauty

Falling in a love right now

The prick's hairline looks like it was lined up by the Lord God himself Lol. #FFS 

[Mr. Martinez]

His face is nuts man

He looks like bare people