Donald Glover on Lando's sexuality in Solo: 'How can you not be pansexual in space?'

Solo: A Star Wars Story type Movie

Jonathan Kasdan made news last week when the co-screenwriter of Solo: A Star Wars Story responded to a question by The Huffington Post as to whether Lando Calrissian was pansexual. “I would say yes,” answered Kasdan. “There’s a fluidity to Donald and Billy Dee’s [portrayal of Lando’s] sexuality. I mean, I would have loved to have gotten a more explicitly LGBT character into this movie. I think it’s time, certainly, for that, and I love the fluidity ― sort of the spectrum of sexuality that Donald appeals to and that droids are a part of. He doesn’t make any hard and fast rules. I think it’s fun. I don’t know where it will go.”

So when Donald Glover showed up alongside stars Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, and Paul Bettany for a Solo: A Star Wars Story Town Hall that will air on SiriusXM’s Entertainment Weekly Radio (channel 105) on Thursday, May 24 at 6 p.m., we asked the man who plays Lando if we was aware of Lando’s pansexuality while making the film.

“How can you not be pansexual in space?” responded Glover as Ehrenreich and Clarke expressed surprise at hearing the news for the first time. “There are so many things to have sex with. 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.”

Image zoom Jonathan Olley/© 2018 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Glover also mentioned that his conversations with original Lando Billy Dee Williams also guided him in terms of Calrissian’s sexuality. “One thing that Billy did say was, be charming.” reveals Glover. “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?”

Check out 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 p.m. ET.

Episode Recaps Previous 'A long time ago': A Star Wars timeline By Alyssa Smith

The droids of the Star Wars universe, ranked By Devan Coggan

Here's how every Star Wars movie did at the box office By Devan Coggan

Here are the winners and losers of the summer 2018 box office By Joey Nolfi

Wondering about Wookiees: Untold secrets of the galaxy's hairiest species By Christian Holub

See all the stars at the Solo: A Star Wars Story world premiere By EW Staff

Get a look at the Solo: A Star Wars Story Funko figures By Lauren Morgan

Here's how a galaxy of new books will connect to Solo: A Star Wars Story By Anthony Breznican

Han Solo goes on a Kessel Run in LEGO's Solo: A Star Wars Story set By Nick Romano

First look at Hasbro's new toys for Solo: A Star Wars Story By Anthony Breznican

Solo: A Star Wars Story takes flight with exclusive new images By Anthony Breznican

Decoding Solo: A frame-by-frame breakdown of the new Star Wars trailer By Anthony Breznican

20 mysteries and revelations in the first Solo: A Star Wars Story footage By Anthony Breznican

Solo: See all of director Ron Howard's Star Wars set photos By Nick Romano Next