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Well, they've been casting for a young Han Solo for the upcoming movie based on the character.
So far, the casting directors have been over 2500 actors, ranging in age from 16 to 30.
From Epicstream:
Other ideas are based around Liam Hemsworth (ugh), Nicholas Hoult (ugh), Callan McAuliffe (ugh), Nick Robinson (please, no) and Timothy Chalamet (no, I don’t know either).
So the big question… who would you pick?
Personally, I’d go for Jack Reynor.
He's not been in many movies, so is still relatively unknown... sure he'd have to lose a little weight, but he has the looks and the acting chops.
He was the best thing about Transformers: Age Of Extinction and is a decent age at 23.
So far, the casting directors have been over 2500 actors, ranging in age from 16 to 30.
From Epicstream:
Actors who have read in person or auditioned via videotape range from the well-known (Dave Franco, 30, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 25, and Miles Teller, 28) to the sort-of-known (Jurassic World's Nick Robinson, 20) to relative unknowns (Kickin' It's Leo Howard, 18, and The Purge's Tony Oller, 24) and also vary significantly in age. Though sources say the "sweet spot" seems to be the mid-20s, the ages of the contenders span from Chandler Riggs, the 16-year-old star of The Walking Dead, to Hunter Parrish, 28, and Mr. Robot star Rami Malek, 34.
Casting directors are not just focusing on American actors, either, considering Canadian Hemlock Grove star Landon Liboiron, 23, and English actors Ed Westwick, 28, Tom Felton, 28, and Joshua Sasse, 27, among many, many others.
Others who have thrown their hats in the ring include Fury's Logan Lerman, 23, The Fault in Our Stars' Ansel Elgort, 21, and Transformers: Age of Extinction's Jack Reynor, 23, plus TV faces like Teen Wolf's Colton Haynes, 27, and Bates Motel's Max Thieriot, 27.
There's a lot of big name actors in this list. According to the report, they're looking for someone who looks "at least a bit like a young Ford and can be funny and charming as well as handle the expected action scenes."
Casting directors are not just focusing on American actors, either, considering Canadian Hemlock Grove star Landon Liboiron, 23, and English actors Ed Westwick, 28, Tom Felton, 28, and Joshua Sasse, 27, among many, many others.
Others who have thrown their hats in the ring include Fury's Logan Lerman, 23, The Fault in Our Stars' Ansel Elgort, 21, and Transformers: Age of Extinction's Jack Reynor, 23, plus TV faces like Teen Wolf's Colton Haynes, 27, and Bates Motel's Max Thieriot, 27.
There's a lot of big name actors in this list. According to the report, they're looking for someone who looks "at least a bit like a young Ford and can be funny and charming as well as handle the expected action scenes."
Other ideas are based around Liam Hemsworth (ugh), Nicholas Hoult (ugh), Callan McAuliffe (ugh), Nick Robinson (please, no) and Timothy Chalamet (no, I don’t know either).
So the big question… who would you pick?
Personally, I’d go for Jack Reynor.
He's not been in many movies, so is still relatively unknown... sure he'd have to lose a little weight, but he has the looks and the acting chops.
He was the best thing about Transformers: Age Of Extinction and is a decent age at 23.
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