These Guys Were Almost Han Solo in Star Wars, Not Harrison Ford
Before Harrison Ford was ultimately cast as Han Solo in the original Star Wars movie, George Lucas cast a wide net looking for the perfect space pirate.
When Lucasfilm announced plans for a standalone Han Solo prequel, there didn't seem to be an actor in Hollywood who didn't want a crack at playing the younger version of the character made famous by Harrison Ford. Producer Kathleen Kennedy and the film's original directing team looked at a slew of actors between the ages of 17 and 34. At one point, the short list reportedly included Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Dave Franco, Jack Raynor, Scott Eastwood, Logan Lerman, Emory Cohen, and Blake Jenner, before the role was ultimately given to Alden Aron-Reich. But the search for the original Han Solo was just as wide searching, and possibly a little more difficult to nail down, with quit a few Hollywood icons targeted for the role.
Since the release of the original Star Wars film in 1977, a slew of names have surfaced as prospective would-be Millennium Falcon piloting smugglers who were nearly cast by George Lucas the first time around. Yes, Harrison Ford actually wasn't the first choice to play everyone's favorite scruffy Nerf Herder. He wasn't even the 15th choice, by all accounts. So today, we look at some of the actors who almost pulled on those shiny black space boots to play one of the most iconic smugglers in all of sci-fi history. Here we take a look at 10 of the Actors who could have been Han Solo.
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