A few weeks back, we had our first glimpse of the upcoming Han Solo: A Star Wars Story, when a few snaps of Alder Ehrenreich were revealed, and they looked stunning. While everyone was still busy with our new young Han Solo, Woody Harrelson took to Instagram to show off Donald Glover’s new Billy Dee Williams mustache for his Lando Calrissian role. The movie is currently being shot in Spain.
It seems Glover has been enjoying his role as Lando. He sat down with Deadline, talking about his role. For him, Lando was a complicated character than even Han Solo. He said,
“It’s a lot of pressure, but it’s also fascinating. He was my favorite character, too. I grew up on ‘Star Wars’. It’s just cool to see him again. I feel like people like him ’cause he has a lot of style, but also he’s a complicated character in this world. I think even Han isn’t as complicated as Lando is. From the first time you meet him, you don’t know whether to trust him or not, and you’re constantly not knowing whether to trust him. I like that about him. For working under, like, a huge conglomerate, it’s actually been quite an enjoyable, artistic thing. I get to play him in a way that I think is honest and true and cool. And it’s great ’cause I didn’t have to write anything, I’m focused strictly on being this guy. And I really respect him and I respect the actor who played him before. I’ve learned a lot about this character, so it’s actually been really fulfilling and nice to just turn off everything else and focus on just being someone.”
Talking of the movie, it will focus on the seven years of Han Solo’s life from 18 to 24 covering up stuff like how he met Chewbacca, and how he came into the possession of the Millennium Falcon. The movie will also show how young Han became the thief whom Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi met in the cantina at Mos Eisley. The film will have Alder Ehrenreich as Han, Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, and Woody Harrelson as Han’s mentor- Beckett. The roles of Emilia Clarke, Michael K. Williams, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge remain undisclosed.
Donald Glover is currently one too busy as he is working on around five projects including his role as Lando. He is all set to retire as Childish Gambino as he prepares to work on the last album. For us what matters though is his Billy Dee mustache, and a little hope that he is in fact, the best choice for playing young Lando as his selection gets challenged quite often by the fans. Do let us know whether you feel Glover will justify his role in the Han Solo movie in our comments section below.
