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07-17-2016, 08:57 PM
It's official: This man is your next Han Solo
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LONDON — It was the worst-kept secret in Hollywood: Alden Ehrenreich, an actor best k**wn for playing an actor playing a cowboy, has been tapped to play young Han Solo.
Ehrenreich's role as Solo in an untitled Star Wars spi**ff movie, which starts filming early next year, was confirmed Sunday at Star Wars Celebration in London's giant ExCel center.*
SEE ALSO: 'Rogue One' revealed: What we just learned about the next 'Star Wars' film (http://mashable.com/2016/07/15/rogue-one-revealed/)
"He was literally the first person to audition," said Phil Lord, who is directing the Solo project alongside his Lego Movie co-director Chris Miller.*
Despite that fact, Lord said, the pair auditioned more than 3,000 potential Han Solos over 6 months. "We looked in cowboy bars" as well as acting schools and casting calls, Lord told a crowd of 4,000 people.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/17/han-solo-movie/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LONDON — It was the worst-kept secret in Hollywood: Alden Ehrenreich, an actor best k**wn for playing an actor playing a cowboy, has been tapped to play young Han Solo.
Ehrenreich's role as Solo in an untitled Star Wars spi**ff movie, which starts filming early next year, was confirmed Sunday at Star Wars Celebration in London's giant ExCel center.*
SEE ALSO: 'Rogue One' revealed: What we just learned about the next 'Star Wars' film (http://mashable.com/2016/07/15/rogue-one-revealed/)
"He was literally the first person to audition," said Phil Lord, who is directing the Solo project alongside his Lego Movie co-director Chris Miller.*
Despite that fact, Lord said, the pair auditioned more than 3,000 potential Han Solos over 6 months. "We looked in cowboy bars" as well as acting schools and casting calls, Lord told a crowd of 4,000 people.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/17/han-solo-movie/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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