'Star Wars': Young Han Solo Search Is Down to These Finalists

15 March 2016 2:40 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Back in January, an unconfirmed report claimed that LucasFilm was narrowing down its candidates to play the iconic Han Solo in Star Wars Anthology: Han Solo, which Phil Lord and Chris Miller are directing. That report claimed that a final decision could be made in a matter of weeks, since whoever is cast may have a cameo role in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but that was never confirmed. Today we have word from The Hollywood Reporter that Disney and LucasFilm have narrowed the field down to a handful of finalists, including Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!), Jack Reynor (Transformers: Age of Extinction) and Taron Egerton (Eddie the Eagle).

The report claims that those three actors tested for the role in London last week, and that they were plucked from a group of 10 finalists. Others who reportedly tested in London are Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort and Emory Cohen. They were »

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