Donald Glover Got Jordan Peele To Convince Liam Neeson To Do ‘Atlanta’ Cameo After Initially Turning It Down
etcanada.comLast year, Liam Neeson made a surprise cameo in “Atlanta”, in which the “Taken” star referred to his 2019 racism scandal, which he sparked by recalling his rage after a friend was raped by a Black man, revealing he took to the streets in the hopes that a “Black bastard” would “come out of a pub and have a go at me… so that I could kill him.” In a new interview with GQ, “Atlanta” star/creator Donald Glover opened up about the extreme efforts he undertook to land Neeson for that cameo — particularly after Neeson initially turned down the offer. “When I got in touch with him, Liam poured his heart out,” Glover said. “He was like, ‘I am embarrassed.
I don’t know about this. I’m trying to get away from that.’ And I was like, ‘Man, I’m telling you, this will be funny! And you’ll actually get a lot of cream from it because it’ll show you’re sorry.’ He asked me to let him think about it.
Then he sent me an email saying, ‘I don’t think I can do it and best of luck with “Atlanta,” blah-blah-blah.’” READ MORE: Liam Neeson Pokes Fun At His Own Racism Controversy In ‘Atlanta’ Cameo Despite Neeson’s hesitancy, Glover was undeterred. “Liam said [after the incident] he talked to Morgan Freeman, Jordan Peele and Spike Lee.
So I was like… Jordan Peele! I hit Jordan Peele up and I was like, ‘Look, man, I got this idea. He said that he trusted you.
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