David Benioff and DB Weiss reveal ‘funny note’ Barack Obama sent after turning down 3 Body Problem cameo

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy 3 Body Problem creators David Benioff and DB Weiss have revealed the “very funny note” they received from former US President Barack Obama turning down a cameo request in their upcoming Netflix series. The new eight-part series from the Game of Thrones duo – based on Liu Cixin’s best-selling novel, The Three-Body Problem – follows a group of present-day scientists as humanity faces an alien invasion. “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,” he said, with Weiss adding: “ wants to keep his powder dry in case there’s a real thing.” Obama previously cited Cixin’s three-volume book when asked what he reads to “get out of his head”, describing it as “just wildly imaginative, really interesting the scope of it was so immense”. An official logline states: “As the laws of nature unravel before their eyes, five former colleagues reunite to confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history.” Marlo Kelly and Eiza González in ‘3 Body Problem’ It comes after they scrapped their misjudged slavery series Confederate in 2018 and quit a mooted Star Wars film trilogy in 2019, which they attributed to their commitments to Netflix.