Billy Dee Williams Loved Solo & Donald Glover's Lando

Billy Dee Williams offer high extolment for bothSolo : A Star Wars Storyand Donald Glover ’s performance as Lando Calrissian . Williams , of track , first brought life to the fan - favorite villain inThe Empire Strikes Backand recapitulate the role inReturn of the Jedi . The character has n’t been see on the full-grown covert since 1983 , which was one of the many reasonableness why viewers were excited when it was revealed Lando would be a part of prequel spinoffSolo . To top it all off , Glover ’s casting was seen in many lap as staring and was subject to much exuberance .

The first wave of(generally positive ) reviews forSolomade their way online last week , with Glover ’s number frequently cite as one of the highlights . Given the actor ’s terrible talent , it is n’t surprising that Glover ’s Lando is well - pick up . Fortunately , we can weigh Williams among those who liked what they saw .

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In an interview withComicBook , Glover tattle about Williams ' reaction toSolo , which mean a cracking wad to him . After the world premiere of the film , Williams toldComicBookhe"loved"the movie .

" He texted me . He sound out ' You did a good business . ' That was all I need , all I needed . It emphatically made me feel like I did n’t let him down . He was such an iconic figure in the first one , in The Empire Strikes Back , that I decidedly did n’t want to get him down . "

Glover meet with Williams prior to filmingSolo , where he was simply told to be charming . Based on the responses , the youngster emphatically heeded that advice , and it has to mean the world to him Williams is doting of his rendition . Glover has n’t been unsure about discussinghis deep personal connection toStar Warsand the Lando character , which just so pass to be the only role he truly coveted . Of naturally , Williams is n’t going to say anything negative aboutSoloat this point in time , but it ’s still skillful to see the veteran actorgo out of his fashion to glow about his successor . If anything , this ’ll just increase the demand to see Lando whenSoloopens this calendar week .

With Calrissian poised to be one ofSolo’sbreakout characters , it ’ll be interesting to see if Lucasfilm has any future plans for him . confusedness surround plans for a Lando spinoffhas been cleared up , meaning it ’s more likely the gambler shows up in aSolosequel . How well Ron Howard ’s film perform with fans and at the box office will determine the hereafter of theSolosub - franchise , though things are trending in the correct focusing on that front . Opening weekend estimates suggestthe movie will conk out a Memorial Day phonograph recording , so the studio apartment could very well choose to revisit this box of the wandflower at some point .