The sci-fi fan and former POTUS turned down a cameo on Netflix's 3 Body Problem, but said he's ready to step up if a real-world close encounter occurs.
While Bill Pullman’s Independence Day character will likely always be the gold standard for how the President of the United States should react if hostile aliens invade, a certain real-life former POTUS seems a probable close second. It’s sci-fi guy Barack Obama, of course—a fan of author Liu Cixin, though he turned down a cameo in Netflix adaptation 3 Body Problem. Speaking to USA Today, David Benioff and D.B.
“It was to the effect of, ‘In case there ever is a real alien invasion, I think I should probably save myself for that crisis.’” Added Weiss, “He wants to keep his powder dry in case there’s a real thing.” USA Today also notes that Obama was touting the source novel back in 2017, a few years after the Chinese-language book was translated into English by Ken Liu. “The scope of it was immense. So that was fun to read,” Obama told the New York Times.
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