John Boyega once took Harrison Ford to a Nigerian restaurant in Peckham

Shortly after touchdown the position of a lifetime in Star Wars: The Pressure Awakens, John Boyega, who performs stormtrooper turned insurgent Fin, took co-star Harrison Ford to a preferred joint in Peckham to have fun.

Workers had been gobsmacked when Indiana Jones turned up for dinner at Nigerian restaurant 805 on the Outdated Kent Street in September 2014.

805 proprietor Emmanuel James stated: “Somebody got here out the again to see me and was like ‘Harrison Ford’s right here’ and I didn’t imagine it. Workers had been asking one another, ‘are we positive that’s him?’” The Guardian reported.

He added, “John introduced him right here as a result of we’re the perfect, most genuine African meals on this space, it’s a busy, pleasant environment, I feel that’s what he wished him to see. And there’s not any paparazzi outdoors both.”

In a video interview on the Bafta web site, Peckham-born Boyega stated Harrison had requested to see the world he was from.

After they arrived on the restaurant in south-east London, his co-star “walked up into that place like he was Nigerian.”

Doing an impression of Ford, Boyega joked: “He does stroll in too gradual, Harrison, you simply should stroll in and go straight to the desk, that’s the factor, you don’t have to go searching and see who’s right here and do they discover I’m Harrison Ford?’

“Individuals at all times stated ‘once you meet Harrison, he’s informal, he’s laid again’, and he’s all these issues however on the identical time, he is aware of who he’s.

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“He is aware of he’s Indiana Jones, he is aware of that he’s Han Solo, in order that’s why after we walked into an setting the place individuals didn’t anticipate him there he walks in gradual movement. To allow them to take it in.”

In keeping with The Guardian, Harrison had one of many restaurant’s hottest dishes: a standard Nigerian Egusi soup made with floor seeds, and served with pounded yam, costing £14.

John ordered the £11 Jollof fried rice with plantain.

It might be lockdown, however 805 continues to be open for takeaway by way of Deliveroo, so that you too, can eat like Hollywood royalty.

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