LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Billy Dee Williams entered the "Star Wars" world as Lando Calrissian in 1980 with "The Empire Strikes Back." For "Solo: A Star Wars Story," Donald Glover is playing the role of young Lando. And while Han Solo has Chewbacca by his side, Lando has "L3-37."
Phoebe Waller-Bridge plays the loyal droid, and the two actors make quite an interesting pair. As "L3-37", Waller-Bridge may be computer-generated in the finished product, but during shoot, Glover said she was in the scenes.
"She was covered in this kind of green, I guess, like, jumpsuit or, like, sock, and the droid stuff was on there, so I got to actually interact with her, which was really helpful," Glover explained.
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Both actors said there was no question that they wanted to be part of the "Star Wars" world.
"Oh, it was a dream of mine since I was a kid, ever since I got a toy of Lando," said Glover. "I always wanted to be Lando, always."
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"I always wanted to be Lando, too," joked Waller-Bridge. "It's a no-brainer, I mean it's a no-brainer to be a part of this amazing world, but also to be able to, from my point of view anyway, to be able to play a character that when it's all about physicality and your body, and you're kind of liberated...So it was very exciting."
"Solo: A Star Wars Story" is in theaters now.