Donald Glover reveals Billy Dee Williams' advice about being Lando on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Telling Kimmel about taking his Star Wars-loving dad on a tour of the massive island set built for the film, Glover described how proud he was to have gone after and gotten the role—even if his agent’s first response was an unenthusiastic, “I don’t like your odds.” (Never tell any pilot of the Millennium Falcon the odds.) Glover also revealed how much geek-heavy research he did into the future leader of the cloud city of Bespin before getting to meet with Williams prior to shooting. And, if Glover’s inner Star Wars nerd was disappointed by Williams’ advice of “I don’t know, just be charming, man,” he wasn’t showing it. Playing it, again, Lando-cool, Glover noted that he took Williams’ advice to heart, even if “Don’t overthink it” is a mantra Williams Lando seemed to have forgotten by the time The Empire Strikes Back rolled around. (That’s how Vader gets you.) At any rate, Glover also played it cool when he slipped a surprise invitation to the premiere to Kimmel’s entire audience with an offhand, “Anybody want to go?” Smooth.