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Billy Dee Williams Talks His Love for Lando and Star Wars Lunch With Donald Glover


Star Wars original Lando Calrissian, Billy Dee Williams has just responded to the secret lunch he had with Donald Glover, the young Han Solo actor who'll be playing the younger version of William's smooth-talking Star Wars Cloud City administrator and former smuggler.

Speaking in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter yesterday, the legendary Hollywood actor revealed his reaction to meeting Glover and how he never saw anyone else playing the part of Lando aside from himself.

Lando's been part of Williams' life for more than 30 years, and the legendary actor finds it hard to see the character being passed on to the hands of a younger actor.

" I don't know. To me, I guess what it is that I identify so much with Lando. I mean, Lando has been very much a part of my life for over 30 years," Williams explainedWhen I go out and do conventions and stuff like that, even though people know me from all the other things that I've done, certainly [Lando] takes precedence. I just never thought of anybody else being Lando. I just see myself as Lando."

Though Williams agrees that the character has to go on, the Star Wars star refuses to say goodbye, saying that "it's still very much a part of my life." The legendary actor isn't closed to the idea of making a cameo in any of the newer Star Wars films meaning that if Lucasfilm asked, fans would probably get to see Williams in the backdrop of one of the Star Wars saga movies. Or who knows, we might even be able to see him in Han Solo.

Han Solo premieres on the big screen on May 25, 2018.


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