Donald Glover is opening up about Gilga, his production company headquartered in Ojai, California. One of the projects that have people buzzing is a short film created by Malia Obama, the eldest daughter of former President of the U.S.
Barack Obama and former First Lady of the U.S. Michelle Obama. “The first thing we did was talk about the fact that she will only get to do this once,” Glover told GQ magazine in an interview. “You’re Obama’s daughter.
So if you make a bad film, it will follow you around.” Glover says he’s been mentoring Malia throughout the process and his creative partner at Gilga, Fam Udeorji, weighed in about the former First Daughter adding, “Understanding somebody like Malia’s cachet means something.
But we really wanted to make sure she could make what she wanted—even if it was a slow process.” The Community alum also got to talking about how he was able to persuade Neeson to appear in Atlanta after the actor’s controversial remarks.
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