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Donald Glover hires ‘amazingly talented’ Malia Obama to write for his new show
Donald Glover has recruited Malia Obama (Picture: Getty/ Instagram/ Michelle Obama)
Donald Glover has confirmed the new talent he’s added to his team.
The Spider-Man: Homecoming actor revealed he’s hired Malia Obama as a writer on his upcoming Amazon series.
The new series is tentatively called Hive and reportedly about a Beyonce-type character.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Donald praised Malia, gushing: ‘She’s just, like an amazingly talented person.
‘She’s really focused, and she’s working really hard.’
Donald, also known as rapper Childish Gambino, also praised Malia’s writing skills and suggested a promising future in the industry.
‘I feel like she’s just somebody who’s gonna have really good things coming soon.
‘Her writing style is great.’
Donald gushed over Malia’s talents (Picture: REX)
Donald’s younger brother Stephen has also been collaborating with Malia on the show and highlighted the 23-year-old’s ‘unique perspective.’
‘We wanted to hear her stories and have her work with us.
‘Listening to her stories and having her involved really gave us a lot of good ideas,’ Stephen said.
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He jokingly added that nepotism isn’t a problem in the writer’s room: ‘We can’t be easy on her just because she’s the [former] president’s daughter,’ stating that the Harvard graduate is ‘very down to earth’ and ‘a regular person like everybody else.’
This isn’t the former First Daughter’s first Hollywood gig, as she has previously interned on Lena Dunham’s HBO series Girls in 2015.
She also worked as a production assistant while still at high school in 2014 on Halle Berry’s sci-fi drama Extant.
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