Solo: A Star Wars Story (5/25/2018)

[Strat]

this is going to be great

[dimejinky99]

I still say Efron would be a great Han

Doesn't surprise me at all that you'd think that.

[Strat]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-v ... k_20160315

Disney are getting close to finding their Han Solo.
Chewie, we’re almost home.

The search for the young actor who will fill Han Solo's leather vest could be in its final stages, as multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that a shortlist quietly has emerged.

According to sources, last weekend in London tests were conducted involving actors Alden Ehrenreich, who did scene-stealing work in Hail, Caesar!; Jack Reynor, best known for his work in Transformers: Age of Extinction; and Taron Egerton, the star of The Kingsman and Eddie the Eagle.

Sources say there could be a few other names on the list, though due to the high level of secrecy on all Star Wars projects, it’s hard to ascertain them. Disney declined to comment.

Those who tested — and it’s unclear if these were costume tests or screen tests — were plucked from a previous group of around 10 actors who met with the directors. Among the names whispered to have met are Miles Teller, the Whiplash star who appears in the Divergent movies; and Ansel Elgort, the Fault in Our Stars star who also is in the Divergent movies.

Emory Cohen, who played Saoirse Ronan’s love interest in the Oscar-nominated Brooklyn, also tested. Actors from Richard Linklater’s new movie Everybody Wants Some also had meetings, according to sources.

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Disney and Lucasfilm have searched from Alderaan to Yavin to find the new star, with sources saying that more than 2,500 actors have either met with those in charge of casting or put themselves on tape, becoming part of one of the widest casting calls ever.

As THR reported in December, Disney cast a wide net to find the right actor to play a younger version of the character made famous by Harrison Ford in 1977's Star Wars: A New Hope, as well as The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and 2015's The Force Awakens.

The character will debut in a Star Wars spinoff movie being made by Disney, Lucasfilm and filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie) and scheduled for 2018.

Ford's swaggering Solo is considered a standout character of the seven-film Star Wars series. The 73-year-old actor’s appearance as Solo in The Force Awakens was a major factor in the movie’s critical and commercial success.

[dimejinky99]

get the kid from Kingsman or gtfo

[dimejinky99]

Crazy Idea? Maybe not so much?

Ryan Gosling as the young Han Solo

[LoathedVermin72]

Crazy Idea? Maybe not so much?

Ryan Gosling as the young Han Solo

As much as I love him, I'm not sure he has the right energy for the part.

[bada]

I don't know who is who but the kid on the end sorta looks like him....maybe.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I don't know who is who but the kid on the end sorta looks like him....maybe.

Which end

[epilogue]

Crazy Idea? Maybe not so much?

Ryan Gosling as the young Han Solo

I think this would be amazing. I don't see him doing it though.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I'd be out

[dimejinky99]

I didn't know the one in the middle was Irish. Never heard of him. Jack Reynor. He was in Transformers? Which on its own explains why I never heard of him.

[dimejinky99]

He's in Carneys new film Sing Street too.

[Citizen Dick]

Crazy Idea? Maybe not so much?

Ryan Gosling as the young Han Solo

I think this would be amazing. I don't see him doing it though.

Gosling is almost exactly the same age as Harrison Ford was when he appeared in Star Wars (he'd actually be older by the time the movie is shot). I would find this really odd casting if you wanted to tell "young" Han Solo stories.

[bada]

I don't know who is who but the kid on the end sorta looks like him....maybe.

Which end

Your end.

[dimejinky99]

Someone on a podcast got their hands on the script dialogue actors had for the auditions for the han movie.

It's set in a real world office environment this guy trying to blag tickets to a game off a girl who is new in the office but he's never spoken to her and he has to be all charming but she's aware and brings up you've never even said hello to me before sorta thing.

It was just two guys playing it out on a podcast but even in their rough read through you could get a sense of a young Han. A chancer and a scoundrel. Miles away but it was encouraging

[stip]

that's interesting that they're going for the feel of the character divorced from the world itself. I wonder how common that is for fantasy/sci fi casting

[dimejinky99]

There is a part at the very very end that tells the actor to throw in a quip or remark ad lib within the spirit of the character..

this sounds ridiculous but even the guys reading it who are just fans, you get a sense of the thing..
its here and about or around the 47 minute mark
http://geeknation.com/podcasts/far-far- ... ens-again/

[epilogue]

that's interesting that they're going for the feel of the character divorced from the world itself. I wonder how common that is for fantasy/sci fi casting

Pretty common in big properties with spoiler potential.

[stip]

oh, that's why. that makes sense

[dprival78]

are we sure that disney won't cast a woman here?