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Donald Glover on Lando's Sexuality: 'How Can You Not Be Pansexual in Space?'
"This thing is literally a blob. Are you a man or a woman? Like, who cares?"
"How can you not be pansexual in space?"
That was Donald Glover's quippy answer to speculation around Lando Calrissian's sexuality in Solo: A Star Wars Story on SiriusXM’s Entertainment Weekly Radio.
After screenwriters Lawrence and Jonathan Kasdan affirmed Lando's pansexuality during an interview with HuffPost last week, Glover publically agreed with the sentiment—even though it's not explicitly stated or shown in the film.
"There are so many things to have sex with," Glover goes on. "I didn’t think that was that weird. Yeah, he’s coming on to everybody. I mean, yeah, whatever. It just didn’t seem that weird to me ‘cause I feel like if you’re in space it’s kind of like, the door is open! It’s like, no, only guys or girls. No, it’s anything. This thing is literally a blob. Are you a man or a woman? Like, who cares? Have good time out here."
Glover believes he's following in the footsteps of the original Lando, played by Billy Dee Williams. "One thing that Billy did say was, be charming. He’s eclectic. He likes different things. He’s somebody who goes around and tries everything, and I just didn’t think about it that much. But I was like, he’s a charming person so I feel like he doesn’t have hard and fast boundaries about everything. But having somebody tell me that, I’m like, okay, cool, makes sense to me. Is it weird that I didn’t think about it that much?”
While some are celebrating Lando's stated pansexuality, many fans are worried about being queerbaited as his sexuality is never explicitly addressed on screen.
Watch the clip below, and watch the entire Town Hall conversation with the cast of Solo: A Star Wars Story on Entertainment Weekly Radio (SiriusXM, channel 105) on Thursday at 6 pm ET.
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
Taylor Henderson is a PRIDE.com contributor. This proud Texas Bama studied Media Production/Studies and Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, where he developed his passions for pop culture, writing, and videography. He's absolutely obsessed with Beyoncé, mangoes, and cheesy YA novels that allow him to vicariously experience the teen years he spent in the closet. He's also writing one!
