All actors have dodgy performances or productions they’d rather forget about and it turns out the Star Wars star is no different.

Boyega appeared in a bizarre television advert hilariously called Killer Weed the Movie: Zombie Chav, which was designed to promote drugs awareness.

Watch the full clip here. Be warned, there is a little bit of blood:

 

He was reminded of this slightly cringey turn by James Corden on his late night show and attempted to explain himself.

"To clear my name, this was a positive thing. It was drugs awareness, trying to get the kids to stay off the spliffs. The concept is if the kids smoke it, they become killer zombies," he said.

The legendary Jeffrey Tambor was also subjected to watching some of his own embarrassing, early work:

 

It’s not just you, John. Everyone has a past.

Via Digital Spy