It was a loud sounding voice and is now confirmed in first person. When Lucasfilm was looking for an actor to play the younger version of Han Solo in the “Star Wars” prequel centered on the iconic character of Harrison Ford, one name in particular was repeated over and over again: Taron Egerton.
The British actor, who had become a revelation and film promise as thug Eggsy Unwin in “Kingsman: Secret Service,” has emerged as one of the fan-favorite candidates to take on the role and, of course, rumors about who had participated in the casting of the project. Now, enough time has passed for Egerton to finally be able to tell what happened, and the actor confirmed that he actually picked the part, and indeed came very close to acting in the film, but ultimately decided to turn him down for fear of not living up to Harrison Ford’s legacy.
It was during an interview on Josh Horowitz’s podcast, “Happy Sad Confused”, where the “Rocketman” performer revealed that he came wearing Han Solo’s suit: “I’ll be honest, I got on the Millennium Falcon”Egerton confesses. “I was with Chewie. I had to wear the jumpsuit. I felt I had arrived, I did it, I lived it.”.
Egerton was about to become Han Solo, but a hunch told him it wasn’t the best decision in his career and he ended up retiring from the race for the role, coming out in the next round of auditions. “I didn’t feel what I felt when I read the script for ‘Kingsman’, which said, ‘I have to do this. This role is mine.’ I just didn’t feel it.”. Eggerton believes it “it’s already far enough in the past to talk about it”but wait “Nobody gets mad for saying that”, as he told Horowitz. Eventually, the role went to Alden Ehrenreich, who had the impossible task of succeeding Ford in the character.
‘Han Solo: A Star Wars Story’, directed by Ron Howard, was released in theaters in 2018 and proved to be a disappointment at the box office, being officially considered the first theatrical failure of the ‘Star Wars’ saga, with which L’ Egerton’s intuition was right. Subsequently, he continued his career, winning the Golden Globe for “Rocketman” and is currently receiving rave reviews for his work on the Apple TV + miniseries “Locked Up with the Devil”. While, his name keeps ringing to put himself in the shoes of other iconic characters: Wolverine and Hercules.
“Han Solo 2”?
Despite not meeting Disney’s box office expectations, over time “Han Solo: A Star Wars Story” has found support from a sector of galactic fandom that continues to ask for a sequel, in the form of a movie or series for Disney +.
On this, Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter of “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones”, who wrote the prequel with his son, Jonathan Kasdan, confirms that Lucasfilm is not talking to continue the film and also reveals that he is not interested in a Han Solo series: “I’ve never been particularly drawn to the idea of expanding ‘Han Solo’ as a series. But I talk to Jon a lot [Kasdan] and Ron about what went well and what went wrong with the “Solo” experience. I would be more interested in making another movie, not a TV series “.
Source: E Cartelera
