By Travis Johnson
This barely qualifies as news in that it’s a pretty predictable reaction to being cast as one of the most iconic black SF characters of all time, but apparently Community and Atlanta star, Donald Glover, is pretty happy about being cast in Disney/Lucasfilm’s upcoming Young Han Solo flick. Who’d have thought? Still, it’s nice to hear it straight from the horse’s mouth.
“Lando’s a big deal to me,” Glover told USA Today. “It was literally the first toy I ever got. When you have something that’s kind of iconic … where people pay attention to it, it’s hard because you want to live up to the expectation. But all you can do is live up to your own. And Star Wars is really high. I really just want to have fun. The directors, they’re amazing. I love the guy who is playing Han. It’s going to be a good time. It’s going to be fun. I’m getting ready to just have fun with those guys.”
It’s also nice to see Glover hasn’t quite got a handle on newly-minted star Alden Ehrenreich’s ten dollar name, either. Would that it were so simple to remember.
