Billy Dee Williams sees himself as both "feminine" and "masculine".
The 82-year-old actor is happy to use pronouns of either gender in reference to himself because he isn’t afraid to show his "very soft" side.
Asked about being cool, he told America’s Esquire magazine: "Be yourself. I never tried to be anything except myself. I think of myself as a relatively colourful character who doesn’t take himself or herself too seriously…
"And you see I say ‘himself’ and ‘herself,’ because I also see myself as feminine as well as masculine. I’m a very soft person. I’m not afraid to show that side of myself."
Billy is best known for his portrayal of Lando Calrissian in the ‘Star Wars’ saga and he admitted he "deliberately presented" the character in an unexpected way.
He said: "What I presented on that screen people didn’t expect to see. And I deliberately presented something that nobody had experienced before: a romantic brown-skinned boy."
And the veteran actor was delighted that Donald Glover referenced gender fluidity in his portrayal of a young Lando in 2018’s ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’.
He said: "Really? That kid is brilliant–just look at those [Childish Gambino] videos."
The late Carrie Fisher previously revealed she’d had an affair with Harrison Ford on the set of the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy but despite being friends with both of them, Billy paid no attention to their personal situation and "doesn’t care" whether they were together or not.
He said: "As far as I’m concerned, I mean, I don’t care what people are – if they’re f**king each other and they’re sucking each other, whatever they’re doing, that’s fine with me. I don’t care."
Billy Dee Williams is masculine and feminine
