Billy Dee Williams, who originated the function of Lando Calrissian within the “Star Wars” franchise, spoke to the Radio Instances about Donald Glover‘s portrayal of the smooth-talking smuggler turned insurgent hero.

“I had a pleasant little lunch with him. He’s a pleasant younger man. Extraordinarily gifted,” Williams stated. “However I don’t see him… I imply, in relation to Lando Calrissian there’s just one Lando Calrissian. I created that character.”

Williams additionally shared the one recommendation he gave Glover about enjoying Lando: “I advised him to be charming – two phrases! That’s all I wanted to inform him. That’s all I might consider.”

Glover made his debut as a younger Lando within the 2018 “Star Wars” prequel “Solo.” A Lando Calrissian restricted sequence for Disney+ was first introduced in 2020, with “Expensive White Folks” creator Justin Simien hooked up to the mission. Information then broke in July 2023 that brothers Donald and Stephen Glover would substitute Simien because the writers of the “Lando” sequence, which is now being developed as a film.

“He’s half of a complete new technology. He’ll create no matter he must create, to carry attraction to the character,” Williams stated of Glover. “He’s a really gifted younger lad and really imaginative. I imply, it’s not for me to say what he ought to do with the character at this stage.”

“I took care of the twentieth century, now he’s bought to deal with the twenty first,” Williams added.

Requested if he would ever put Lando’s cape again on for an additional “Star Wars” mission, Williams stated, “Pay me some huge cash and I’ll promote my soul.”