Lin-Manuel Miranda, Donald Glover, Issa Rae and Damien Chazelle sat down with John Favreau for a fascinating round-table discussion. The topic of Donald Glover came up, and this is what Glover had to say:
FAVREAU …how do you feel about Lando?
GLOVER It was the first action figure I ever had. I remember my dad giving it to me. I had a Darth Vader one and this one that I lost the cape and bit off the —
MIRANDA The lightsaber came out of the arm.
GLOVER Yeah, the lightsaber came out of the arm, and I ripped that out. I remember Lando really well. He was like the only black guy in space. And he was the cool one. I just realized, he still has to be cool. And cool is an interesting thing. It changes —
FAVREAU Yes, of course.
GLOVER I was watching Black Mirror, and there’s an episode where they go through time and in the ’50s, there’s a nerd, and by the time he gets to the 2000s, he’s just a hipster. He’s not a nerd anymore. Cool changes depending on the perspective. Also, it’s fun because [the Han Solo movie is set] before [Empire Strikes Back], so he’s still figuring it out a little bit, which is fun.
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