“Did anybody die?
(available Feb. 13).
But there was a time when some people werent so happy with Williams due to his work.
Billy Dee Williams and Harrison Ford in ‘Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back’.Everett Collection
And they had no problem letting the actor playing him know about it.
I’d go on an airplane and the airplane stewards would say, You betrayed Han Solo!'
Finally, the actor had enough.
Dave Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, and Jeremy Bulloch in ‘Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back’.Everett Collection
I got that for a lot of years.
So finally, I said, Look, think about the whole situation.
You’re up against a pretty formidable character in Darth Vader.
‘What Have We Here?’ by Billy Dee Williams.Knopf
And then there’s, of course, Boba Fett.
And these people were invading my space and I had to bargain with them.
But the bargain at least prevented the complete demise of Han Solo and his friends.
But I had to hold on to my whole situation.
I said, Did anybody die?
I wanted to do something really interesting with it.
I didn’t want that to be the focus or the focal point in introducing that character.
It was me, Billy Dee, doing what Billy Dee does.
Listen to the full conversation with Billy Dee Williams on EW’sDagobah Dispatchpodcast.
