Oscar Isaac wished his 'Star Wars' character's romance with John Boyega's Finn 'would have been taken further'

• "Star Wars" actor Oscar Isaac revealed in an interview with Variety that he wished things "would have been taken further" between his character, Poe, and John Boyega's character, Finn.
• Both Poe and Finn appear in the newest "Star Wars" movie "The Rise of Skywalker," and share several moments of emotional intimacy onscreen.
• According to Isaac, this was the result of the natural chemistry between him and Boyega — and something the actor wished filmmakers would have drawn upon in the film.
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Oscar Isaac revealed in a new interview that he wished things "would have been taken further" between his "Star Wars" character, Poe, and his costar John Boyega's character, Finn.

"There was an absolute natural chemistry with him," Isaac told Variety about his first time meeting Boyega. "I immediately felt very connected to him."

Isaac told the outlet the first scene he did with Boyega in an audition "immediately" felt very intimate and genuine.

"I remember, it was an audition and the two of us just, like, did that first scene back to back, butt to butt, you know, just like doing the scene together, practicing it in this room," Isaac reportedly said. "And it was just like immediately all kind of artifice, everything just collapsed, and there's like an intimacy that was very just, like, there."

According to Isaac, neither he nor Boyega "shied away" from their intimacy while filming, and the actor told Variety their relationship as "two guys that are happy being intimate with each other emotionally."

And Isaac said he wasn't shocked that fans of the franchise wanted Poe and Finn to get together in the latest film.

"Personally, I kind of hoped and wished that maybe that would have been taken further in the other films, but I don't have control over that," Isaac told Variety.

Isaac shared a similar sentiment with the outlet earlier this month, where he first revealed there wouldn't be a relationship between Poe and Finn, much to the disappointment of some fans who have been rooting for a "FinnPoe" romance since the 2015 release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."

"It seemed like a natural progression, but sadly enough it's a time when people are too afraid, I think, of… I don't know what," he said of a potential relationship between Poe and Finn, adding, "But if they would've been boyfriends, that would have been fun."

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