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Alden Ehrenreich ’s casting as new Han Solo has been criticize ever since we first heard about it , but despite rumors about his acting ( in)abilities and the insistency of making the fictional character his own , the role player delivered a brilliant performance - making him the good thing inSolo : A Star Wars Story .
Soloisn’t a typical ancestry chronicle . If anything , it feel like it ’s only the beginning of a string of consequence that made Han what he was when fan first met him inStar war : A New Hope . While the(mostly ) Ron Howard - directedflick subjected the titulary eccentric to experiences that would have helped in shaping him as the wizard but cynical character that he became , there ’s no one giving moment that drastically changed him forever . Despite being betrayed by his mentor ( Tobias Beckett ) and then his first love ( Qi’Ra ) , he still handed over the coaxium to Enfys Nest just as he promised .
Interestingly , this version of Han is n’t that different from Harrison Ford ’s in the original trilogy . He ’s also cocky , brash and would always seek to speak his mode out of a tricky berth . The change was n’t so much focussed on his personality but on his mentality on life , and Ehrenreich effectively sells the idea of a unseasoned military personnel slowly learning to navigate his manner in a cruel mankind .
THE HUNT FOR THE NEW HAN SOLO
in the beginning played by Ford in the original trilogy and then inStar Wars : The Force Awakens , it was n’t an easy task to discover another actor who would bring the beloved galactic moon curser to life and live up to Ford ’s bequest . Despite that , Lucasfilm occupy its chance on the solo Solo movie , and started the hunt for a unseasoned actor who could suspire life to the vernal loop of Han .
Lucasfilm reportedly saw over 3,000 vernal actors for the part - with a peck of name such as Miles Teller , Ansel Elgort , Dave Franco , Jack Reynor , Scott Eastwood , Logan Lerman , and Taron Egerton on the running for the purpose . But the part ultimatelylanded in Ehrenreich ’s lapas first describe on March 2016 , and was finally confirmed two month after . Despite being an unknown , the young player has already had the privilege to work with critically - acclaimed directors such as Francis Ford Coppola in 2011’sTwixt , Warren Beatty in 2016’sRules Do n’t Apply , and the Coen Brother ’s 2015’sHail Caesar !
Not many were glad with the option ( but many were n’t happy that the movie was being made at all ) . But like to Lucasfilm ’s casting scheme forThe Force Awakens , they went with a comparatively unnamed with such massive potential to be the font of a possibleStar Warsfranchise - and it was a clever move . With Ehrenreich as the new cheek of Han Solo , fans would have less to link up him with except for the galactic con - world which makes it easier to build up his figure up . regrettably , landing the role was just the beginning of an uphill struggle to raise himself suitable .
PRODUCTION TROUBLE RUMORS
Months went by and the casting sheet forSolostarted to be fill up out - surrounding Ehrenreich with more base actors like Donald Glover , Emilia Clarke , and Woody Harrelson . By February 2017 , original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller started principal picture taking . But by terminal of June , Lucasfilm announce that the directing duo was exiting the task due to originative divergence with just about three weeks give of filming . Seasoned managing director Ron Howard finally stepped in and retooled the film by reshooting about 70 % of the pic .
Rumors about what really go down behind - the - scenes ofSolocontinued to make the round online after Howard ’s entrance . away from the allegedfalling - out of Lord and Millerwith Lucasfilm chairman Kathleen Kennedy and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan , reports that Lucasfilmhired an acting coach to help Ehrenreichimprove his performance became a major cause for concern for the fandom . While tap the help of an acting coach is a usual exercise in Hollywood , it was blown out of symmetry , remind fans to be even more doubtful on the actor ’s ability to mistreat into the freehanded shoes of Ford as Han Solo .
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HOW EHRENREICH PROVED NAYSAYERS WRONG
Glover ’s iteration of a young Lando Calrissian ( originally played by Billy Dee Williams ) was tumble to be the moving-picture show ’s scene ’s stealer . Perhaps it ’s because mass have it away more about Glover ’s body of work that they have more faith that the multi - talented whizz can pull off a magic young con - homo like Lando . Surprisingly , however , while theAtlantastar / creator was tranquil and suave - precisely what one would carry from a vernal Lando , Ehrenreich was the film ’s ultimate standout - as he should be .
Ford satisfy with Ehrenreich presently after the latter was cast as the character . The contingent of the merging are n’t exonerated ( Ehrenreich claims that Ford basically say him to tell everyone that he taught him everything he needed to know ) , but the veteran role player has publically praised the moving-picture show , which say a lot considering he ’s unremarkably immaterial with these thing . One affair ’s for sure though : their conversation did n’t include Ford giving out pointers on how to merely simulate his performance .
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Howard made it clear that Ehrenreichwasn’t tasked to do a Harrison Ford impression- and it ’s arguably the best approach that they could ’ve done in bringing to animation this reading of Han Solo , because , at the end of the day , Ford is n’t Han Solo . He may have played the role exceptionally well , but Han Solo is a character , and Ehrenreich ’s responsibility was to portray him at a specific gunpoint in his life - something that he accomplished . Ehrenreich made the part his own . Not because he acted extremely similar to Ford or the picture foreshadowed what his future fate was go to be . It ’s because he captured Han ’s liveliness without imitate what his predecessor did . Sure , Ehrenreich may have picked up a few of Ford ’s mannerisms ( pointing digit while make a level , invest both script on the waist for a cocky stance ) , but it ’s more of an reverberation than an number of mimicry .
That said , perhaps the most important aspect of Ehrenreich ’s acting is his ability to effectively fetch the internal shift in Han without the pauperization for dialog . While Han could be chatty , he ’s never one to wear his heart out his sleeve . He ’ll maintain his macho double and feign numbness until the very end . Even during his excited reunion with Leia inThe Force Awakens , he still opted to make a jest or else of foursquare express how he really felt . It was n’t until his conversation with his boy , Ben Solo , that he truly spoke from the heart .
At this point , Han has n’t perfected the art of hide what he truly feels - as illustrated by his lightheadedness when he reunite with Qi’Ra years after they were tell . However , as he went through the movement of being continuously grass until Qi’Ra finally abandoned him altogether , there was a look of reason on his face , as if he ’s finally realise the importance of Beckett ’s advice about not entrust anyone .
Ehrenreich is sound out to be contracted for three films , meaning that fans could well see him again in futureStar Warsmovies . That may just be as a cameo inanother character ’s movie , but it would be a joy to see him toy the role again .
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