when asked about finn's character traits, boyega replied, i think the element of having to step up to a bigger calling, when your circumstances don't particularly reflect that. because i'm young, at the beginning of my life; you haven't really achieved much, and then you have to do that whole adulthood thing, get responsible, work and all of that stuff, no more mommy and daddy taking care of things. i feel like it's the same kind of journey that finn has when he leaves the first order. he leaves a curriculum, he leaves a system and embarks on his own journey. he also noted that initially "most of his decisions are based on adrenaline. like, 'okay, you know what? i'm just going to get this blaster and run away.' " boyega further noted that "[n]ot only is the character in over his head and someone who is just dropped into an extraordinary circumstance, the scenes and the script prove that and it's not a problem that can just be erased."