who is Lando Calrissian

Got to write on this. In fact. I'm going to spend maybe the next few months writing a lot about and drawing some sketches of lando so I can fully understand him before I step foot before cameras.

I don't want anyone else touching him but me. No. It's not gonna happen, they're not going to make this movie without me playing him, or it's not getting done.

Who do I think Lando is...

He's like a doctor in my mind. The way Billy plays him, he's cool, but classy and intelligent. That's the vibe you get from a lot of doctors out there. They're massively intelligent but maintain this relaxed attitude from my experiences with them so far. I like that and think it would work for him.

He'll be younger in the film, so he's not like a lot of docs you see who are seasoned vets. He's like an intern in the movie, kinda like a scrubs doc.

The reason I compare him to a doctor is because of that maturity level he embodies. He's not just some space punk like Han. He's the smarter one of the two and that's why he's so shocked by losing the falcon. It doesn't make sense to him. He's smarter than Han, how did Han outwit him.

If I do get the part, Phil and Chris. I want to downplay the character. It's going to be a more subtle performance I hope. Nothing in your face like in a lot of these movies. That's the beauty of Billy's original performance. He's so held back in ESB. He never over plays any aspect of Lando so you get the sense that he's a real person with a lot on his mind. Really look at the performance and see how Billy constantly holds back and plays Lando with his body language more than his words and expressions. You get a sense of there being history between him and Han just from the way he so effortlessly seems to fit right into their group from the start. The way Lando looks after Vader says he's changing the deal, no over the top OMG expression, just Lando looking completely devastated. I got to say, Billy knew what the hell he was doing. He could have brought things loud and over the top, but held back and made the performance a lot more subdued.