- Donald Glover plays a scene-stealing younger version of Lando Calrissian in "Solo: A Star Wars Story."
- If he listened to his agent, it may not have happened.
- Glover recently told Jimmy Kimmel that when he learned about the "Solo" movie he told his agent he wanted to play Lando.
- His agent told him he didn't like his odds.
- It motivated Glover to land the role anyway.
Never let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do.
When "Atlanta" actor Donald Glover heard Disney was working on a young Han Solo movie, he immediately thought Lando Calrissian may be in the movie. And he wanted in.
"I told my agent, I was like, 'If they're making a Han Solo movie, Lando's gotta be in it and I want to be Lando," he told Jimmy Kimmel recently.
But he didn't hear what he wanted to.
"And, to his credit, I appreciated he was like, 'I don't like your odds,'" said Glover about his agent's initial response.
But that didn't stop Glover. If anything, his agent's words only encouraged him more.
"[It] was awesome because I was like, 'I'mma get this," said Glover.
His agent may not have realized it at the time, but there was a big reason why Glover wanted the part so bad.
"I just really wanted to be it because it was my first toy and I just loved that character," said Glover of a Lando Calrissian "Star Wars" toy given to him by his father.
Glover told the Phillippine Daily Inquirer he was such a big fan of the toy that he took a Darth Vader toy he had and "bit the lightsaber toy off" to try and give it to Lando.
When he did land the role, Glover said the first thing he did was let his father know before he settled into some research.
"I did call my dad first," said Glover. "I called my dad first and told him and that was like a big moment. He was proud and then I went and got a large cheese pizza and then went home and watched 'Empire Strikes Back.'"
"Solo: A Star Wars Story" is in theaters May 25. You can watch the interview with Glover below.
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