Star Wars actor was involved about Lando’s return in ROS

It’s been a long time since Billy Dee Williams donned the swagger of Lando Calrissian, and the actor admits he had one concern earlier than returning in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Set for world launch in lower than three weeks (!), The Rise of Skywalker additionally sees the return of director JJ Abrams as he hopes to shut the sequel trilogy with a bang.

However, on the ripe previous age of 82, Billy questioned his enthusiasm for the character earlier than signing on the dotted line.

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Via CinemaBlend, the legendary actor mirrored: “Do I’ve that very same starvation, pleasure, that I had years earlier? This is a really tough time for me, so far as age is worried.

“When you get to be a sure age, whether or not you need to take into consideration mortality or not, you concentrate on it.”

Meanwhile, Billy shared what he thought Lando can be as much as in his winter years: “I all the time imagined Lando being like Steve Wynn, working Las Vegas. Because he is a gambler. But he was a little bit of a showman, a little bit of an entrepreneur.

“That’s how I see Lando. I by no means essentially noticed him as a basic working round capturing issues.”

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has a launch date of Thursday, December 19 within the UK and Friday, December 20 within the US.

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