Stephen Glover Talks Securing Soulja Boy’s ‘Atlanta’ Cameo for ‘Crank Dat Killer’ Episode

Since its premiere in 2016, FX’s Atlanta has garnered each essential and business success, having obtained a median ranking of 96.5 % on Rotten Tomatoes, incomes a number of Emmy awards, and touchdown on a number of lists of finest tv exhibits of all time. However regardless of its achievements and accolades, sequence showrunners say they’d a tough time securing big-name visitor stars.

Co-writer/government producer Stephen Glover addressed the difficulty with Selection this week, shortly after Soulja Boy’s visitor look on Season 4, Episode 6 “Crank Dat Killer.”

“He’s positively an Atlanta staple. It wasn’t like we have been making an attempt to get him on the present, however I feel the concept was so good for him,” Glover revealed. “We don’t have the perfect luck getting high-profile folks to be on the present. I do know that sounds form of loopy [because Season 3 featured actors like Liam Neeson], however we don’t. However this was a kind of issues the place there’s no backup plan. It’s a humorous thought, however you want Soulja Boy.”

This week’s episode concerned a serial killer who focused contributors within the “Crank That” dance craze throughout the early aughts. Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles (performed by Brian Tyree Henry) remembers he was featured in an outdated video dancing to Soulja’s huge hit. Al turns into more and more paranoid after ending a cellphone name with Soulja, who has determined to flee city.

Glover advised Selection he and his fellow writers had accomplished the script earlier than Soulja agreed to take part.

“[If he had said no], getting another person to play Soulja Boy would have been hilarious — however possibly there’s one other snap legend we may have gotten. Possibly Fabo,” he stated

Glover went on to say that his brother, Atlanta creator/star Donald Glover, had reached out to Soulja in an effort to lock down a cameo. Glover stated the rapper didn’t appear too enthusiastic at first, however turned excited as soon as he realized it was Donald who had known as.

“I keep in mind Donald telling me that he acquired on the cellphone with Soulja Boy to see if he was , he’s speaking to him, and he appears fairly lackadaisical. He’s like, ‘Mmhmm.’ He doesn’t appear very ,” he defined. “After which he’s like, “Wait a second, is that this, like, Donald? Oh! Why didn’t you say so? I believed I used to be speaking to any person else. Yeah, man, I’ll positively do it!” He was excited. I noticed he did an interview on The Breakfast Membership a few months again the place he was saying, ‘I’m an actor now! I acquired my first function!’ We shot a model on set in Atlanta the place he wasn’t there. He simply known as in on the cellphone. After which they shot a model at his home.”

Glover stated he and his group had develop into optimistic after touchdown notable visitor stars for Season 3: Liam Neeson, George Wallace, Alexander Skarsgård, and Matteo Simoni have been amongst those that made cameos; nonetheless, they didn’t have the identical luck in Season 4.

“In Season 3, we had some loopy cameos the place it was like, ‘Possibly we are able to!’” he defined. “However we prefer to maintain the concept we are able to’t promise something. That’s simply humorous to us to.”

Glover additionally addressed the failed makes an attempt to get a D’Angelo cameo, and the way producers didn’t even attempt to get a Chris Evans look.

“We simply assume he’s humorous. The writers’ room has a number of working jokes about Chris Evans, however we’ve by no means tried to get him,” he stated. “And it’s humorous, one of many producers on Atlanta was like, ‘We’d have been in a position to get D’Angelo.’ Somebody from his camp reached out, however we didn’t even assume it was attainable. He’s mysterious and laborious to trace down anyway, so it most likely wouldn’t have labored out. There may have been an opportunity, however we simply assumed.”

You possibly can learn Glover’s full interview right here. The Atlanta sequence finale will air Nov. 10.