Donald Glover and Atlanta writers say they were racially harassed in London while filming season three
A group of writers for the FX series were confronted by a drunk group outside a bar
While filming the third season of the Emmy-winning FX series Atlanta, Donald Glover and other writers for the series revealed they were racially harassed in London on their first night in the city.
Filming for Atlanta went abroad for the third season as it follows the cast of characters played by Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield, and Zazie Beetz as they embark on a music tour through Europe. At the series’ TCA press conference, writer and executive producer Stephen Glover (and brother of Donald Glover), explains they were confronted by a group of three people outside a bar one night after shooting.
“This group of people walks up. And maybe one of them kind of notices Donald or recognizes him,” Stephen said at the press conference. “And she stops, and they start asking if they know anywhere around here to get something to drink. I think we were talking to them for a second. It’s this girl and two or three guys.”
As the conversation continued, one of the men then told the group they could most likely break into the bar because “you all carry hammers”—the slang word for a gun.