Donald Glover Talks Director Change and Something That Hasn’t Been Done in a Star Wars Film
In a conversation with Deadline at TCA recently, Solo -A Star Wars Story actor Donald Glover shared some details about working with Ron Howard following the film’s directorial change that removed director’s Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Glover also talked about a cool scene that hasn’t really been done before in a Star Wars movie. Read on for more!
34-year-old actor Donald Glover who portrays Lando Calrissian in the upcoming Solo spinoff film, spoke briefly with Deadline about working with Ron Howard following the film’s director change and if the production changed once he came aboard.
“It didn’t really,” said Glover adding, “I think we were never faced with anything like that and he did a good job of coming in and didn’t want us to change what we were doing at all. He wanted us to be comfortable with our vision.” And as far as reshoots? “Not a ton” said Glover specifically referring to his own Solo scenes.
The actor also admitted that he didn’t feel the pressure of portraying such an iconic Star Wars character.
“It’s weird. I didn’t have a lot of stress on me,” said Glover about portraying the beloved Empire Strikes Back character.
Said the Atlanta creator and star, “This is the first time in a long time, I was just acting. Most of the time, I have to write or do music. This time I woke up and got to be somebody else and the stress wasn’t there for me.”
Glover also talked about an interesting take on a scene thats never been done in a Star Wars film.
Donald added, “I remember going on set one of the first times, he was like, ‘Yeah, I want to follow you onto the Millennium Falcon and do this thing.’ I was like, ‘I don’t think I’ve ever seen the outside go into the inside.’ He’s like, ‘Yeah, no one’s ever done that shot.’ As a fan I was like yeah, I was really excited. I know there’s been a lot of talk in the press about this movie but for me anyway, it was a dream and also it looks really cool to me.”
This scene sounds reminiscent of a tracking shot in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi that follows a member of the rebellion who walks into the Death Star II briefing room. Although, this time it appears the shot follows Lando from the ground all the way up into the Falcon’s interior. Can’t wait to see this take.
Solo: A Star Wars Story is set to open May 25.
Sounds cool.
But also like damage control, so there’s that.
It’s all damage control. Damage control on damage control.
Only one bad movie away from Armageddon.
I disagree with that last part, actually. Star Wars survived three bad movies that were WAY more important than some Solo movie that won’t really have a lasting effect on the Saga. I still hope it’s good though.
I usually disagree with all my sarcasm.
I usually disagree with all my sarcasm.
You can never tell in this comment section nowadays. With people whining about ruined childhoods and billion dollar flops, it’s hard to separate sarcasm from stupidity.
They’re not mutually exclusive.
I agree — the Holiday Special and Episode VII (what’s the third movie?) were not up to standard and yet the franchise survived 🙂
How about that one that just came out?
Should it have a “lasting effect” on the saga? It’s a seperate story designed to be its own thing. But it’ll add to the SW mythos for sure.
…….do I think the three movies you are talking about……. 🙂
i don’t want to close my eyes, i don’t want to fall asleep ’cause i’d miss you baby and i don’t want to miss a thing.
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Well, that shot sounds cool, I just hope for all things sacred, it is NOT first person view, there are some things that a SW movie should never do, this is not Deadpool.
“I think we were never faced with anything like that and he did a good
job of coming in and didn’t want us to change what we were doing at all.
He wanted us to be comfortable with our vision.”
i thought lord and miller were fired because of the acting, specifically the improving and silliness. if howard didn’t change that what did he change?
Yeah I thought that was off too. But I guess it was mainly Han Solo himself, given that he’s the focus of this movie.
we shall see. hopefully we’ll get the full scoop on what happened behind the scenes one day.
Kathleen Kennedy:
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DAMN YOU, DUX!
Yes, had copy-pasted that section too, to say the exact same thing. Welp, let the spin in the comment section…BEGIN!!!
The shit Disney’s churning out makes the worst of George Lucas look like masterpiece theater by comparison.
this was george’s idea. just putting that out there…
I hope their paying him well, hes this weeks fall guy
he’s got four billion reasons not to worry.
Technically he hasn’t because he gave it all away. However the Disney shares probably keep him warm at night.
Technically he hasn’t because he gave it all away. However the Disney shares probably keep him warm at night.
Now, was it George’s idea to say ‘hey, maybe we should make a young Han Solo movie’, or was it George’s idea to say ‘hey, maybe we should make a young Han Solo movie; let Larry Kazdan, who hasn’t produced a solid script since 1988, and his unaccomplished son, supporting actor and occasional writer for…Dawson’s Creek…write the thing, cast a guy who apparently can’t act, hire two guys with a really distinct style to direct, let them film most of the movie then FIRE them for turning in dailies with that distinct style, and replace them with Blando Calrissian in the director’s chair, let him reshoot…all? most? almost none? who knows? of the movie, and by god, despite that, stick to your May release date – damn the torpedoes’? Much like with the attempt to blame any dissatisfaction with TLJ on him, there’s an important distinction to be made there, I think.
Now, was it George’s idea to say ‘hey, maybe we should make a young Han Solo movie’, or was it George’s idea to say ‘hey, maybe we should make a young Han Solo movie; let Larry Kazdan, who hasn’t produced a solid script since 1988, and his unaccomplished son, supporting actor and occasional writer for…Dawson’s Creek…write the thing, cast a guy who apparently can’t act, hire two guys with a really distinct style to direct, let them film most of the movie then FIRE them for turning in dailies with that distinct style, and replace them with Blando Calrissian in the director’s chair, let him reshoot…all? most? almost none? who knows? of the movie, and by god, despite that, stick to your May release date – damn the torpedoes’? Much like with the attempt to blame any dissatisfaction with TLJ on him, there’s an important distinction to be made there, I think.
as i recall, when george reopened the shop prior to the disney deal he offered kasdan episode 7 which he turned down but as a sop to george and to give his son a foot in the door he agreed to do solo.
as to the rest of this, i’m not saying its all on george, far from it. but anyone blaming disney and kennedy for the idea itself and saying george would never do it is far off base.
as i recall, when george reopened the shop prior to the disney deal he offered kasdan episode 7 which he turned down but as a sop to george and to give his son a foot in the door he agreed to do solo.
as to the rest of this, i’m not saying its all on george, far from it. but anyone blaming disney and kennedy for the idea itself and saying george would never do it is far off base.
If they tell the truth, at least we know that Rey would have been trained by Luke in the first one, so by lack of a decent story it has been stretched in two movies and filled with space chase…. 🙂
If they tell the truth, at least we know that Rey would have been trained by Luke in the first one, so by lack of a decent story it has been stretched in two movies and filled with space chase…. 🙂
DORSNY! DORSNY! DORSNY!
It’s written by Lawrence Cassdan, quit complaining.
why are you here, hahahahaha.
LOL….you beat me to it. Why do the whiners continue to post in any SW forum? They won’t change anyone’s mind. They should move on.
Amazing. Every word you just said was wrong.
And yet here you are.
No, the worst of George Lucas is truly epic crap
No, the worst of George Lucas is truly epic crap
Disney: “Lets do the unthinkable and make new Star Wars films with different actors playing younger versions of the OT big three. Nothing can possibly go wrong.”
I think this movie will surprise people. I for one am confident this will be an entertaining SW movie.
I think this movie will surprise people. I for one am confident this will be an entertaining SW movie.
I’ve not liked the idea of this movie since it was first announced. I will however go and see it, and with no real expectation that it’ll blow my mind, I’ll probably end up thinking it’s a lot better than I would otherwise.
It’s better than than them being played by wax museum figures:
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For what it’s worth, that looks like a real picture of Princess Leia to me.
For what it’s worth, I never…EVER want to see digital versions of dead actors paraded around like marionettes again. Carrie was fine – she okay’d it. Poor Peter Cushing though…shudder.
The mistake that they did with those – Tarkin was good….for seconds….or a minute…..not for such a long time onscreen. Leia – unfortunatelly the bad desition made in summer – just several months before opening – not enough time to do it well….and it ends to be a disaster – to me at least
No, no, I think the work ILM produced was really terrific – no issue with the VFX they produced for Tarkin. I just think it’s not ethically defensible to craft new performances from actors who are no longer able to give either their consent, or their creative input.
If Princess Leia were a porcelain doll.
aaaaaargggghhh!!!! My eyes!!!! My eyes!!!!!!!!
Just from a technical standpoint, I’m a little curious how they’re going to pull that off. The full scale Falcon doesn’t have an interior, nor really room for one that matches the interior sets. I suppose you could fill a stage with green screens, and re-assemble the interior sets (the new ones for TFA, if I recall, actually incorporate the cockpit and hold into a single set) up high enough off the stage floor to approximate the height they should be at. Then you film Glover walking on the stage floor, up the ramp of the interior set, and comp in the digital Falcon asset later.
They will have to build it. Hopefully it makes it into the final cut
I don’t think they will actually. As I was talking it through in my head, I became more and more convinced that I’m on the right track there. First, Howard doesn’t have time, and likely doesn’t have the budgetary leeway to build new sets, and certainly not one as extensive as that would entail. Keep in mind the clock is really running out on this film – weeks to design, weeks to build, and days to film that shot practically just aren’t available to the production at this point. Second, characters running up to and boarding a CG Falcon has already been done – in TFA. The didn’t go further than the ramp, but the rest is just green drapes covering the exterior walls of the interior sets with taped ‘X”s on ’em for tracking data, then ILM adds in the Falcon exterior. Willing to put my chips on something very similar to this being the approach. I’m sure there will be a featurette on the shot on the blue ray though – we’ll see!
I hope it’s as good as this movie…
https://youtu.be/cXcH0f2B2vA
Haha
But srsly, nothing beats Jim Carey’s Ace Ventura mannerisms.
Alllll righty then 🙂
KK: why does this movie look like a ridiculous comedy?
Lord & MIller: uh, thats what we thought you wanted…
KK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Cf-6vKVWg
Ah, she was looking for a tone that more said “fatuous windbag convinced of their own critical brilliance”! Why didn’t she just say that to begin with?
hahaha its time to forget Rian Johnson, and look forward and hope for the best
Forget Rian Johnson? Have you heard he’s making a new trilogy?
something from a post elsewhere:
Exactly take into account that the disney/theater split is 65/35 and a 4 week run guarantee and you begin to see why Disney is sweating big time. Everybody screams 1.2 billion but thats not what disney takes home. Remember The Last Jedi has a 800 million dollar break even point, are they even there yet?
Plus a 400 million dollars and rising price tag for Solo, when it is finally released you can bet disney wont get such a favorable box office split again
Two take aways from the bad China box office:
1. Ryan Johnson is done with Star Wars
2. Kathleen Kennedy better have a good Karma count, when Bob Igor calls her in to explain this
Yay Star Wars is failing…right?
nothing to celebrate, These films should set the bar for moviemaking, and revolutionize the industry for the next 20 years. Instead we get rehash and lame go nowhere plot lines and boring characters.
This may be fine for some, I expected better from Lucasfilm, the pioneers of the fantastic
If you only get your info from this and other Disney sites, you would think this is the greatest movie ever made, sorry many people are tired of settling for mediocre.
This movie should be riding high 3 weeks from the premiere, and not having the director of the movie go on twitter asking people to go see it again.
If you liked it, great, a lot of people dont, and have put there money where there mouth is, Maybe Disney will listen and instead of rushing out a movie a year to satisfy some shareholders, they will make a quality product instead
Fair enough and well said.
You need to put this into the context it deserves. Below are two of the biggest 2016 movies (world wide), Rogue One and Captain America: Civil War:
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In comparison, The Last Jedi is kicking serious ass.
Yes, absolutely Marvel has a long term plan for their franchise and its working as compaired to this trainwreck:
1. break even point of Last Jedi 800 Million
2. 1.3 Billion box office
3. 65/35 box office split with theater owners, means 65 cents of every dollar goes to disney
4. 4 week run guarantee, after next week screen counts will plummet, theaters will start showing more profitable films
5. Disney looking at a profit of about 75 million, not the 700 or 800 million expected
6. Solo reshoots have pushed the price tag up to 400 million
7. Opening day in China 565,000 dollars, a poor showing compaired to Rogue One last year
It doesnt take a genius to figure out this train has jumped the tracks, and I would expect a serious shakeup in Management. While some people except mediocre, the Disney boardroom does not
In comparison Disney bought Marvel for 4 billion also, but they have smart management and have brought in almost 12 Billion in return. This was the film that was going to start returning on that investment
Disney has thrown in the towel already for this one, presales of the DVD bluray will start in a couple of weeks, with a release set for March, this will hopefully boost 1st quarter profits
I dont know whats worse Disney putting out this crap or “fans” saying i don’t get Star Wars, its the best one ever
Have to add one thing wrong in the above post
the 65/35 split is US only
overseas may be as bad as 25/75 and in China 10/90
China opening day $565,000
Disney take $56,500
let that sink in
I hope heads roll at Disney and we fans can be rewarded with a new competent creative team, still hopeful JJ can save ep 9
Do you know that Star Wars is not popular in China, like at all?
They have no cultural attachment to the franchise. They didn’t see any of them until TPM in 1999.
Their audience is younger so it’s not people in their 40s and 50s reliving their childhood like everywhere else.
Helps to know what you’re talking about.
Box office revenue is only the enterance to Disney profits. Force Friday in 2015 alone generated an estimated 1 billion (!). Their stock price went up from 50$ in jan, 2013 to 112$ as of today.
4 billion for Lucasfilm was a donation compared to the 9 billion for Pixar in 2006 for instance.
https://www.wired.com/2015/12/disney-star-wars-return-on-investment/
Thank You, Thank You. I’m glad someone else here can see whats going on.
Yes Force Awakens days are behind Disney, Toy sales are down 45% what they were with this film.
As a Disney stockholder all I can say is thank God for the Marvel Films.
They will have to stop in to stop the slaughter of this once powerful brand, Solo has rough time as it is against the Avengers in May, they have to put the brakes on the downward spin very soon
Only a moron expects every SW to be TFA. Are you a moron?
Not only the Avengers. They should be worried about Deadpool 2 opening a week later as well.
Btw toy sale numbers are not that simple to quantify. Fourth (and most important) quarterly year results of fiscal 2017 aren’t even out yet to begin with…
When this doesn’t come true, I expect you to recant and admit you were wrong.
In the immortal words of Rich Evans ( may he rest in peace)
“Star Wars !! here, take my money”
that and the thing hes got for R5
I’d like to see Donald Glover in ‘Calrissian: A Star Wars Story’. Maybe Billy Dee Williams could do a cameo as another character.
Yeah, I think I could go for something like that. Don’t take the risk of screwing up Han’s history, take someone undeveloped in the films, but with potential, and tell THAT story.
Looking forward to this with high hopes, Disney has said Ron Howard is a “safe choice” for director, maybe they have had enough of “bold” and “visionary” and want something bankable
Looking forward to this with high hopes, Disney has said Ron Howard is a “safe choice” for director, maybe they have had enough of “bold” and “visionary” and want something bankable
they have never said that.
its not that hard to look this stuff up
https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1673519/how-ron-howard-feels-about-taking-over-the-han-solo-movie
that’s not a disney official news site
did you even read what you posted? lmao it says the general consensus say it’s a safe bet meaning the audience. NOT DISNEY. they are confident with Ron Howard.
Do you work for the NY Times, that’s not a Disney quote
Oh please stop with the it’s never been done before thing. We fell for that in the lead up to Ep. 8, and short of a few force powers, lame storylines, and a couple of twist, it was litterally repeating what’s been done before.
I believe we will see new bold story telling when we see new bold story telling.
Oh please stop with the victimized bellyaching. If Star Wars continues to be such a disappointment to you, what are you doing here?
It’s much nicer when all you see is “This user is blocked”. 🙂
It’s very tempting…
It’s very tempting…
Rogue One seems to be the most original, “never been done before” Star Wars film from the new era, from what I’ve seen so far.
Do you even bother to read the articles?
They are talking about a long tracking shot that will bring the camera from outside the Falcon to somewhere inside the Falcon. This has never been done before.
Nothing about new story ideas was discussed. You really are just a hater
its like a hype for a reality show
“for the first time ever”
“never before seen”
“next time on survivor”
fits in perfectly with the attention span of our culture, just polish a turd and call it “new and shiny”, and then belittle the ones who stand up and say “thats still a turd”
That’s not true at all.
You’re going to see something you’ve never seen before… bathos!
You’re going to see something you’ve never seen before… bathos!
The politicization of Star Wars is by far my biggest gripe with the sequel trilogy.
George Lucas is about as liberal as you can get, however, in his Star Wars (y’know, the real one) he put story first, not politics.
Disney meanwhile has done the opposite. They’ve horseshoed every far left talking point into the GFFA they could possibly fit — putting them all front and center.
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It’s not wise to upset a Panda.
It’s not wise to upset a Panda.
try to think of the panda as the one sane person in the room, while they were writing the script for Last Jedi, and it all makes sense
The sad this is you may actually belive this. Sorry, but George Lucas couldn’t resist the dark side pull to put commentary in his films. Easy example:
Anakin: If you’re not with me then you’re my enemy
Obi Wan: only a Sith deals in absolutes
How about some TFA, TLR examples to back up your gripe
ha youre right, also Lott Dodd the trade federation characters named after two US Senators he didn’t like
Forgettable senators named for Forgettable characters in a forgettable movie.
Star Wars is timeless, our great grandkids will watch them, they wont get any of the political or social messages because by then times will have changed and some other cause will have come up, let giving the Proxima 4 refugees voting rights.
By “politics” he (and others) mean there are too many women and ppl of color in major roles, and the villians are mostly white guys. Period. Otherwise the politics criticism makes zero sense.
let me say this: i love a diverse cast, but i do think its a problematic trend of having it be the rainbow coalition rebels vs the evil white guy empire in the films constantly. especially since the empire both in the old EU and new isn’t racist, but speciest. this kind of lazy writing is both annoying and tiresome.
Except the “white guys” in the 1st Order are really just kylo and hux– everybody else wears a mask or is a creature (snoke).
Kylo has the best role in the films, and a good chance of being either redeemed, or at least half-redeemed (into, eg, a magneto style antihero).
As for hux, his haircut and manner are clearly supposed to recall nazis from the 30s more than white guys in general.
They did show a black female as a 1st order officer in TFA, and it’s clear finn is hardly the only non white stormtrooper, but I agree that they should show more POC as 1st Order to emphasise “aliens” are the problem to the 1st O.
However, the same ppl will still complain that doing that is “political,” bc i’ve pointed out what their real problem mostly is.
“but I agree that they should show more POC as 1st Order to emphasise “aliens” are the problem to the 1st O.”
exactly. the issue isn’t too much diversity, but merely unbalanced diversity. its funny because we have an influx of good or at least interesting “minority” imperial characters in canon(sloane, ciena, iden) which the new films and even rebels lack.
Except aliens aren’t an issue to the old Empire (Mas Amedda) or FO (Snoke).
That was an EU thing. Not anymore.
& that’s relevant to this article…how?
& that’s relevant to this article…how?
I gotta block you. There’s just so much off topic complaining I’m willing to listen to.
Yeah, that’s not true at all.
Like what?
You must have missed the entire OT was a reaction to the Vietnam War and the political influences of the prequels. Anakin directly taking a line said by George W Bush in Revenge of the Sith.
A lot of people have said some wildly inaccurate things on these boards but you take the taco, pal.
Hope to see the Ron Howard from Willow and the best from Kasdan.
Although a lot of people don’t understand why a Solo film has to be made, as a cinema and nostalgic fan, just for this I’m really excited to see what the director and the writer have done with this story. And this remember me it’s time to give a spin off or a whole new trilogy to Mr. Zemeckis (a personal wish I guess)
WOW could you imagine what Bob Zemeckis could bring to Star Wars. if only we could start a petition or something
What’s the last good movie he did?
Zemeckis is a great filmmaker
BTTF stands on its own years and years later
I just hope he sings “Redbone” in the movie. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7fa03e7950078b7ad0d6501c6011e62f9b87977bf351dbf7221e22802e4d7dc9.jpg
Donald Glover is on top of his game right now. Everything he’s been a part lately has been really good in my opinion. Maybe this Han Solo film will end up being awesome…Donald is like the good luck charm 🙂