Donald Glover praises Malia Obama after giving the former First Daughter her first post-grad job as a screenwriter for the new Amazon series, noting that the 23-year-old is “incredibly talented” and “really focused”.
Also known by his stage name Childish Gambino, the polyhyphenated premiere of the third season of the FX drama “Atlanta” on Thursday confirmed reports that he had taken the Harvard University graduate into the writer’s room. .
“He’s an incredibly talented person,” said Vanity Fair’s Glover, 38, from Obama. “He’s very focused and works very hard.”
The actor is writing and producing the Amazon series, which will likely feature a “Beyoncé-style character” titled “Hive.”
Glover didn’t reveal how Obama, who interned with Lena Dunham’s HBO series “Girls” in 2015 and The Weinstein Company in 2017, found a job after graduating from college last year.
His younger brother, Stephen Glover, is also working on his next Amazon project and has suggested that they’re interested in “hearing his stories and getting him to work with them” and may have approached him for the position.
Donald Glover, 38, praised Malia Obama (right), 23, as the writer of the new Amazon series, saying she was “focused” and “working very hard”.
Glover believes the former First Daughter has a promising future in the industry and “very good things are coming” soon. Obama spotted in Los Angeles in January
Glover believes Obama has a promising future in the industry, and told the broadcast, “I just feel like he’s someone who will do really well soon.”
“His writing style is great,” he added.
Moving to Los Angeles for his first Hollywood performance, Obama also received praise from Stephan.†
this He is the co-writer and executive producer of “Atlanta.” He praised his work ethic and ideas and said they were happy to have him on the team because of his perspective.
“Donald always said that perspective is important, and that in a writer’s room people with different perspectives are important. And he definitely has a unique perspective on everything,” she told Vanity Fair.
“So we wanted to hear his stories and let him work with us. We had a lot of good ideas by listening to his stories and including him.
When asked how Obama turned down their offer, he made it clear that he wasn’t given special treatment because he had parents in the writer’s room.
“Obama’s writing style is great,” said Glover, describing the days spent in the writer’s room as a therapy session where they talk about what’s going on in their lives.
“Well, you know, we just hurt him. We can’t be easy with him just because he’s there. [former] The president’s daughter,” Stephan joked.
“No, she’s very simple and nice. So that’s okay,” she added.
Glover declined to comment on whether intelligence agents accompanied Obama at work, but described his days in the writer’s room as a therapy session.
“We just talk about how we’re feeling and what’s going on in our lives, so that’s how our work and all the shows we do become very personal,” she said. ‘It’s also very entertaining. We talk about everything, we are honest about everything and we generate all kinds of ideas.’
Children of U.S. presidents have intelligence protection up to the age of 16 under federal law. Former President Barack Obama’s daughters, Malia and Sasha, received a short security extension when she resigned in 2017.
It’s unclear when the protections ended or whether they hired the guards.
Glover added that working in the writer’s room “isn’t as serious as people think.”
Moving to Los Angeles for his first Hollywood appearance, Obama also teamed up with Glover’s younger brother, Stephen Glover (pictured).
When asked how Obama turned down their offer, Stephan joked, “Well, you know, we just hurt him,” adding that it was “really realistic.”
“We laugh and joke together for hours and then focus on something we really like,” she said. “The Writer’s Room” is probably my first two favorite parts of the process. We can go out all day and talk about what makes us laugh.’
Obama has been involved in directing for a long time and did several high-profile internships before graduating from Harvard last year.
He was still in high school when he worked as a production assistant on the 2014 sci-fi drama “Extant” with Halle Berry. She then interned on HBO’s “Girls” in 2015 and The Weinstein Company in 2017.
Obama has built a reputation for a strong work ethic and It’s not just the gloves that have been impressed by the hard work and dedication it has shown over the years.
“See live what happened in 2017,” Berry told Obama’s Andy Cohen. It was great. She is a very smart and beautiful young woman. Look at her parents, okay.’
Definitely a “huge fan”, the actress explained that people on set had a hard time seeing Obama as an assistant, despite “doing what a PA is supposed to do.”
“I had a lot of respect for him for that,” she said. “But not everyone could really see him as a PA. Although he tried to be, we really couldn’t see him that way. But he really tried to be.
Dunham also spoke about Obama that year: Howard Stern said “he’s an angel” on the SiriusXM show.
Obama (viewed at the White House with his family) has expressed a long-standing interest in film and did several high-profile internships before graduating from Harvard last year.
Obama (pictured in New York in 2017) interned on HBO’s “Girls” in 2015 and The Weinstein Company in 2017. He also served as a production assistant on Halle Berry’s science fiction series “Extant”.
Obama’s younger sister Sasha (second from right) also lives in Los Angeles. She is believed to be a 20-year-old University of Southern California student.
“What if she was interning at HBO and shows up on the set of ‘Girls’ a few days a week? He loved the show and I mean it was clear we weren’t going to force him to have our coffee.”
‘You will not send’ [the President’s daughter to get coffee]† But he wanted to do all the work. That was the fun. He was definitely very excited.
Stern wanted to know if Obama was on set when they were shooting the daring sex scenes, but “Girls” executive producer Jenni Konner said it wasn’t even an option for underage teens.
“Because of her age, we couldn’t shoot graphic sex scenes around her even if we wanted to,” she explains.
Obama’s 20-year-old sister, Sasha, also moved to Los Angeles.
He is believed to have been a University of Southern California student after transferring from the University of Michigan.
Their mother, former First Lady Michelle Obama, flew to the West Coast earlier this month and invited them to dinner at Chef Evan Funke’s famous Roman-inspired restaurant, Mother Wolfe, in Hollywood.
The sisters were also spotted walking together this month.
Source: Daily Mail
