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A$AP Rocky shared how his audition for Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story was “trash”
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Donald Glover ultimately took on the role, starring alongside Alden Ehrenreich in the 2018 film directed by Ron Howard
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Rocky is set to star alongside Denzel Washington for Spike Lee’s upcoming film Highest 2 Lowest
The Force wasn’t with A$AP Rocky the day he auditioned for Solo: A Star Wars Story.
In an interview with Variety published Tuesday, May 6 (just two days after Star Wars Day), the rapper and actor recalled the day he tried out for the role of Lando Calrissian.
“My audition was trash. I was trash that day,” Rocky, 36, said before complimenting the actor who portrayed the smooth-talking pal of Han Solo, played by Alden Ehrenreich in the 2018 film.
“My man Childish Gambino [Donald Glover] was a way better Lando than I would’ve provided at that time. And I think he looked a little more like [Billy Dee Williams] than me,” Rocky added.
The Ron Howard-directed film tells the origin story of Han Solo and Chewbacca, who join a heist within the criminal underworld a decade before the events of A New Hope.
When asked if he would ever audition for a Star Wars film again or want to wield a lightsaber, Rocky’s answer was straightforward: “Hell, yeah.”
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A$AP Rocky, and Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian in Solo: A Star Wars Story
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Rocky is set to star alongside Denzel Washington for Spike Lee’s new film Highest 2 Lowest, the filmmaker’s first release since 2020’s Da 5 Bloods.
The first trailer features Washington’s character delivering a monologue about the highest highs and the lowest lows associated with success, along with moments showcasing performances from rapper Rocky, Jeffrey Wright and Ilfenesh Hadera, who rounds out the movie’s cast.
The movie is described as a “reinterpretation” of the famed Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s own 1963 crime thriller High and Low, “now played out on the mean streets of modern day New York City.”
Highest 2 Lowest is in select theaters Aug. 22 and releases on Apple TV+ Sept. 5.
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