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Is Malia Obama a Good Screenwriter? Her TV Boss Says...
Malia Obama is adding a caller rubric to her résumé: director.
The erstwhile First Daughter volition marque her directorial debut with a abbreviated movie produced by Donald Glover's company, Gilga, he told GQ successful an interrogation published April 4.
While determination are nary further details astir the task yet, it comes with its ain risks.
"The archetypal happening we did was speech astir the information that she volition lone get to bash this once," Donald, besides known arsenic Childish Gambino, told the outlet. "You're [Barack] Obama's daughter. So if you marque a atrocious film, it volition travel you around."
Not to interest though: Malia isn't without experience. After all, the 24-year-old worked alongside Donald, her mentor, connected his Prime Video bid Swarm. The amusement follows Dre, played by The Hate U Give histrion Dominique Fishback, whose obsession with a Beyoncé-like instrumentalist turns her connected a acheronian path.
The taxable substance was nary contented for Malia, who roseate to the juncture by working successful the writer's room for Swarm.
"Some of her pitches were chaotic arsenic hell, and they were conscionable truthful bully and truthful funny," Swarm co-creator Janine Nabers told Entertainment Tonight successful an interrogation published March 17. "She's an unthinkable writer. She brought a batch to the array … She's really, truly dedicated to her craft."
And Malia didn't get immoderate peculiar attraction conscionable due to the fact that she's the girl of President Obama.
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"We can't beryllium casual connected her conscionable due to the fact that she's the [former] President's daughter," Donald told Vanity Fair past March. "Nah, she's precise down to earth, and cool. So, it's not a occupation astatine all."
Her endowment has already shined through, arsenic seen successful Swarm's occurrence 5 "Girl, Bye," which she co-wrote with Janine. And there's inactive plentifulness of much to come.
"I consciousness similar she's conscionable idiosyncratic who's gonna person truly bully things coming soon," Donald told Vanity Fair. "Her penning benignant is great."
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