By: Dominic Jones
The casting of Donald Glover (Atlanta, Community) as Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story has been met with near universal praise, and his brief appearances in the teasers this week only cemented this. The actor spoke with Entertainment Weekly, as part of their Solo cover story, telling writer Anthony Breznican about taking over the part from Billy Dee Williams, Lando's Millennium Falcon, and his relationship with his droid L3-37 (played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge).
Glover talked about how the Millennium Falcon is different when Lando owns compared to when Han owns it, saying,
"He’s a very particular person with particular tastes and he likes the
comforts of life. I would live in it right now, to be honest! [Laughs]
In between takes, they’d be like, “Okay, we are going to set up for the
next shot , so you can go sit in your chair or whatever,” and I’d be
like, “Actually I’ll just stay in Lando’s room.” It was that nice! I
would just lay in his bed and read a book or write something because it
is very comfortable. I think he likes to be comfortable. He’s not a
cowboy kind of guy."
He also spoke about how he approached playing a younger version of the character, telling EW,
"I always like seeing younger characters when they are in younger times
because it tells a lot about how they got to where they are. Like, when I
was a teenager I felt like I knew a lot, but I didn’t. By the time we
meet him in Empire Strikes Back, he owns the city already. [Laughs] So, I wanted to show the person he was before that was even possible. Like, I don’t even know if he thought that was possible at the time."
In the trailer, Lando is seen sharing the cockpit with the droid L3-37. Glover addressed how the characters relate to each other and what it was like working with Waller-Bridge, saying,
"I think they are both kind of self-made, and they get each other that
way. It’s lovingly contentious. I don’t know if me and Phoebe were like
this because I just love her. Being in a movie with her is kind
of a blessing I didn’t even know I wanted. But she also is so smart she
calls me out on it. It’s just cool to have somebody like that around,
you know? Really funny and really honest."
Solo: A Star Wars Story hits theaters on May 25th, 2018 and stars Alden Ehrenreich (Hail Caesar!) as Han Solo, Donald Glover (Atlanta) as Lando Calrissian, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Qi'Ra, Woody Harrelson (True Detective) as Beckett, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) as L3-3K, Thandie Newton (Westworld) as Val, and Paul Bettany (The Avengers) as Dryden Vos. The film is directed by Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind), with a script by Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back) and his son Jon Kasdan (The First Time).
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