Childish Gambino Will Play a Stripper in 'Magic Mike XXL'

A few days ago Donald Glover revealed that the Childish Gambino alter-ego might be coming to an end soon. While fans around the world surprised by his decision, we trust that there still is a very promising future for this talented individual, possibly as a full-time actor. Today Glover confirms with Collider that he will be playing a stripper in the upcoming film Magic Mike XXL, giving some up-front details below.

“I definitely…I definitely show myself a little bit. It’s a funny thing. I just never really – that energy is, I don’t know, getting into it is cool, to just dive into something like that. I’ve never been in that world. It’s very few people who have ever been a convention center filled with 900 women screaming. That’s a feeling that I feel like very few people know. It was crazy. I met so many people. There was a girl there, I was having a scene with her, just talking, and everybody was just so interesting, but supportive. It’s hard to be that supportive when you’re in that room for that long, screaming.”

He later speaks on the possible return to Community:

“Everything’s possible. I would never be like, ‘Nah, I’m not doing it.’ Everything’s possible. I love it over there. I just always want to make sure it’s good for the — you never want to do something just to make people feel good. You always want to make sure it works. I want my kids one day, I don’t want them to be like, ‘That episode was whack.’ And I’m like, ‘But people really wanted it.’ [Laughs] You know? No one cares. I always want the art to stand, because in the end that’s all that’s left.”

Check the full interview here.