Oscar Isaac also wishes Poe and Finn were space boyfriends, but "people are too afraid"
The undeniable chemistry between Poe and Finn in the recent Star Wars movies led many fans to hope that Oscar Isaac and John Boyega’s characters might finally make kissy faces at each other in The Rise Of Skywalker. Unfortunately, it’s just not meant to be (at least not in this galaxy). Isaac, Boyega, and director J.J. Abrams confirmed as much during a recent junket for The Rise Of Skywalker, where Isaac revealed that he, too, wanted Poe and Finn’s relationship to develop into something more:
Personally, I kind of hoped and wished that maybe that would’ve been taken further in the other films, but I don’t have control. 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. But if they would’ve been boyfriends, that would have been fun.
Boyega described the relationship as “platonic at the moment,” but added that “They’ve always had a quite loving and open relationship in which it wouldn’t be too weird if it went beyond it.” Abrams elaborated further on the relationship, which he said is “far deeper” than a romance:
It is a deep bond that these two have, not just because of the trial by fire in which they met, but also because of their willingness to be as intimate as they are, as afraid as they are, as unsure as they are, and still be bold, and still be daring and brave.