Donald Glover recently got to shoot two exciting projects in his home state: the upcoming Sony-Marvel collaboration Spider-Man: Homecoming , and his new FX comedy series, Atlanta. While Glover said shooting Spider-Man in Atlanta was "sort of the icing on the cake," he admitted he would have committed to the project even if "they were shooting in Colorado."

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Glover's participation in Spider-Man: Homecoming was confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con , but little is known about his character in the Jon Watts-directed film. When asked after his TCA panel for Atlanta what he could say about his role, Glover quickly zipped up. "I'm not allowed to say," he hedged. "Sworn to secrecy."But Glover did praise his experience on set, and credits the Internet for generating much of the buzz around getting him involved in a Spider-Man project to begin with. Before Andrew Garfield landed the role of Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man, there was a massive push for Glover to play Miles Morales in a live action Spider-Man film."It's really great. I had a really great time on that set. Jon's doing a really good job as a director. It was really fun to be home," said Glover, who also voiced Miles Morales in two episodes Ultimate Spider-Man . "[The buzz] was kind of an accident. I really wasn't out there trying to do that. I feel like the Internet did that. It was cool because now I get to see from the inside a lot of that stuff, which is kind of all you can ask for as a fan."Earlier during FX's TCA executive session, FX CEO John Landgraf explained he had a major wakeup call when he read Variety's breakdown of TV diversity and realized FX was one of the least diverse networks. He credits shows like Glover's Atlanta and Pamela Adlon's Better Things as marking a shift toward more diverse talent behind the scenes.Similarly, Spider-Man: Homecoming has a much more diverse cast than the previous film takes on Spider-Man. When Glover was asked what he thought about Hollywood's seeming increased awareness of who is creating stories, and who they're focused on, he admitted he wishes the conversation had moved past the idea of "diversity.""I'm kind of done with diversity," he said. "It feels like how 'tolerance' sounded 10 years ago. People were like, 'We need to be more tolerant.' It's like, what the f**k do you mean? Allow cool s**t to be made. There's cool s**t out there, but I understand the game. I've been in Hollywood for a while now. I know it works on value. You put a little bit into Atlanta and you got a lot out of it, and that's capitalism. That's how things work. This is cheap and you get a lot of out of it."I feel like it's up to us," Glover continued. "I know a lot of black writers and producers and directors and stuff like that who are learning that if you make something cool for no money, people pay attention to it. It's up to us to congregate and make things important. I'm not out here trying to be like, 'Let's make diverse [content],' because the worst thing in the world to me is like, 'That's really good for an indie movie' or 'That's really good for a black show' or 'That's really good for a gay show.'"Looking at his career to date, Glover said he is most proud "that I'm still able to make things that I really care about. I know a lot of people that don't have that luxury.""I'm a pretty harsh critic of things. I hate a lot of things. I'm like, if I think it's good, somebody must thing it's good or it must be valid on some level," said Glover. "We're not here forever. Most people on their deathbed are like, 'I wish I had spent more time with my family' or 'I wish I had done what I wanted to do.' I don't want to have either of those on my head."Atlanta premieres on FX on September 6th. Spider-Man: Homecoming hits theaters on July 7th, 2017.

Terri Schwartz is Entertainment Editor at IGN. Talk to her on Twitter at @Terri_Schwartz