In a galaxy far, far away, Lando Calrissian is more than just a ladies man, says Donald Glover
Who knew that in a place as diverse as the "Star Wars" universe, sexuality can be just as ambiguous?
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It’s no surprise that in the new movie Solo: A Star Wars Story, the reprise of the suave Lando Calrissian character is worldly in more ways than one.
The popular character who was originally played by Billy Dee Williams and now resurrected by Donald Glover was the topic of a Town Hall conversation with the movie’s cast on Entertainment Weekly Radio (SiriusXM, channel 105) airing on May 24th, Entertainment Weekly reports.
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Calrissian’s sexual preference came into question and it was no shock to Glover to learn that the smooth-talking character’s sexual preferences are regarded as fluid.
“How can you not be pansexual in space?” said Glover when asked if he knew about Calrissian’s pansexuality while making the film.
“There are so many things to have sex with. I didn’t think that was that weird. Yeah, he’s coming on to everybody. I mean, yeah, whatever. It just didn’t seem that weird to me ‘cause I feel like if you’re in space it’s kind of like, the door is open! It’s like, no, only guys or girls. No, it’s anything. This thing is literally a blob. Are you a man or a woman? Like, who cares? Have good time out here.”
It will take more than a question about pansexuality to shock Glover who has been dominating the culture scene dropping the acclaimed This is America video, while working overtime as an artist (Childish Gambino) and an actor in a coveted role.
But who else could personify Lando Calrissian’s smug nature as a gambler, smuggler and overall purveyor of ill-gotten gains? Who else has Lando’s slim figure, his million-dollar smile and can go toe-to-toe with Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich), himself a ball of charisma?
Glover said he got a chance to pick the brain of Billy Dee and he laid out a blueprint on how to exude Calrissian’s sexuality.
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“One thing that Billy did say was, be charming.” reveals Glover.
“He’s eclectic. He likes different things. He’s somebody who goes around and tries everything, and I just didn’t think about it that much. But I was like, he’s a charming person so I feel like he doesn’t have hard and fast boundaries about everything. But having somebody tell me that, I’m like, okay, cool, makes sense to me. Is it weird that I didn’t think about it that much?”
Check out the entire Town Hall conversation with the cast of Solo: A Star Wars Story on Entertainment Weekly Radio (SiriusXM, channel 105) on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET.
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