John Boyega and Daisy Ridley are officially the sweetest Instagram BFFs

Now that's friendship.
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Sam Haysom
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LONDON -- It's a well-documented fact that both Star Wars actors John Boyega and Daisy Ridley have very strong Instagram games, but recently they've taken things to a whole new level of adorable.

After they both took home "Best Newcomer" trophies at Sunday night's Empire Awards, the two took to Instagram to share some moments from their night together.


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Ridley shared some photobooth highlights. 


Then on Monday, Boyega sent Ridley the following message.

Obviously all actors who star together in big films have to be sort of nice to each other for publicity reasons, but with Boyega and Ridley you definitely get the feeling that it's genuine friendship.


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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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