"People are still tied to their hoods, and it's usually not the artist, it's usually the friends and instigators who get it popping."

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You could easily play the guy as straight-up hood throughout the whole movie, the Imperial Courts, but writer and director Malik Vitthal envisioned a human being that has never been seen before in film: a black man in circumstances that he does not like, who is passionate - persistent - in turning it around.

— John Boyega