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Solo: A Star Wars Story followed the early adventures of Han Solo and Chewbacca as they join a heist within the criminal underworld ten years before the events of the original Star Wars film. Nothing Ehrenreich could’ve done would’ve been good enough to please hardcore fans, and I think that’s why Solo: A Star Wars Story ultimately underperformed at the box office. Ehrenreich wasn’t bad in the part, but it comes with many expectations playing a character as iconic and a massive part of the pop culture fabric as Han Solo. Alden Ehrenreich had to take on the nearly impossible task of inheriting a role made famous by Harrison Ford, which came with its challenges.

This was probably the best choice in the long run. The twist: Taron took himself out of the running.įull hour-long chat at /TFPZ7APCSF- Josh Horowitz July 28, 2022 He had the full costume and was on the Millenium Falcon. Taron Egerton came VERY close to playing Han Solo it seems. Yeah, and can really own it and really– ’cause you’re following Harrison Ford… No one ever wants to follow Harrison Ford, you know? So yeah, that didn’t happen.” But it just felt to me like I didn’t feel… like you know when we mentioned earlier that thing when I read the Kingsman script and I was like, ‘This is– I’ve gotta do this. I hope no one feels annoyed that I have said it. And it’s far enough in the past now that I feel like I can say that. And there was one more… there was another round that I decided not to do.

I felt like I got there, I did it, I lived it. I was in the full costume… and I… you know what, that’s what I felt like. “I felt like that… I felt that– I mean, I’ll be honest, I got on the Falcon. Egerton even screen-tested in full costume, but despite getting that close to playing the part made famous by Harrison Ford, Egerton passed on the part, and now he’s talking about why he decided to turn it down.ĭuring a recent chat with Josh Horowitz on Happy Sad Confused, Egerton explains how close he got to playing Han Solo before deciding that the opportunity just wasn’t for him: Taron Egerton was once in the running to play a young Han Solo in the prequel film Solo: A Star Wars Storybefore Alden Ehrenreich ultimately landed the role.