Are Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley And John Boyega Friends In Real Life?

It turns out that both Daisy Ridley and John Boyega are indeed friends in real life. Not just friends, but exceptionally close ones at that. Speaking with People, Ridley brought up her “Star Wars” co-star Boyega and said, “John’s got my heart. He’s just my peanut. It’s the closest relationship to a brother I’ve ever had. He’s just wicked. He likes to kiss my really large forehead.” This isn’t the only indicator of their relationship, and the two often bring up their friendship during interviews.

One such interview with The Hollywood Reporter highlights their friendship via several anecdotes from their time filming the latest “Star Wars” trilogy. This brief video opens up with Ridley and Boyega accusing each other of being pranksters on set. Both come clean about stealing Harrison Ford’s golf cart, with Boyega apologizing directly to Ford. Ridley added that they both had a ton of fun on set, and this is probably due to them being similar in age, from the same area (London), and sharing the same type of humor.

Referencing the earlier quote about Ridley referring to Boyega as “peanut,” both explained that the word is their shared pet name for each other, which is absolutely adorable. The two also mentioned that they constantly sang on set and that Boyega once bet Ridley that she couldn’t go an entire day without singing, which she failed. In other words, both Ridley and Boyega are fantastic friends in real life, which probably helped to buoy their performances in the sequel trilogy.