Originally published May 17, 2018. Updated May 18, 2018.
With Solo: A Star Wars Story set to arrive in cinemas next week, actor Donald Glover has been speaking to CBR about getting the opportunity to portray a young version of the iconic, smooth-talking scoundrel Lando Calrissian, and how much it meant to him to be cast in the role made famous by Billy Dee Williams in the Original Trilogy.
“When I heard they were making these, I told my agent ‘if they’re making anything with Lando in it, I have to be Lando’ and he was like, ‘I hear you; I don’t like your odds.’ And that was exactly what I needed to hear. I really did audition like it was the only role I wanted in the world, because it really was. I’m just really happy to be a part of this. My dad imprinted me with this kind of Star Wars longing, because it does feel like the Bible to me in a lot of ways.”
There’s certainly been a lot of excitement over Glover’s casting as Lando, and early reviews suggest that he delivers in the role. We’ll all get to find out for ourselves next week…
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SEE ALSO: Read our spoiler-free ★★★★ review of Solo: A Star Wars Story here
A new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.
Solo: A Star Wars Story features Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!) as the famous smuggler, Donald Glover (Atlanta) as Lando Calrissian, Woody Harrelson (War for the Planet of the Apes) as Tobias Beckett, Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) as L3-37, Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as Qi’Ra, Thandie Newton (Westworld) as Val, Ian Kenny (Sing Street) as Rebolt, Harley Durst (Wonder Woman) as Moloch, Jon Favreau (Spider-Man: Homecoming) as Rio Durant, Tien Hoang (Now You See Me 2) as Moloch’s henchman, Paul Bettany (Avengers: Infinity War) as Dryden Vos and Warwick Davis (Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi) in an as-yet-unrevealed role.
