Taron Egerton Reveals Why He Turned Down Playing Han Solo

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Taron Egerton reveals why he opted out of the opportunity to play Han Solo in 2018’sSolo: A Star Wars Story. Following his role as Gary “Eggsy” Unwin alongside Colin Firth in 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service and its sequel, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Egerton became one of Hollywood’s most promising up-and-comers. Since Kingsman, he’s consistently starred in successful projects, with his turn as Elton John in 2019’s Rocketman taking his career to the next level.

Harrison Ford made his debut as Star Wars’ swashbuckling smuggler, Han Solo, in 1977’sA New Hope, before going on to reprise his role in its sequels and Disney/Lucasfilm’s sequel trilogy. Alden Ehrenreich then took on the gargantuan task of inheriting the role in Solo: A Star Wars Story - which underperformed at the box office, but has been somewhat embraced by fans in the years since. While it’s hard to imagine anyone besides Ford as Han Solo, Ehrenreich gave a solid performance. That said, audiences now have reason to wonder what Egerton would’ve brought to the role.

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In a recent interview with Josh Horowitz on Happy Sad Confused, Egerton reveals he was once up to play the titular character in Solo: A Star Wars Story. The actor screen tested in full costume with Chewie before deciding the opportunity wasn’t for him. Read what he has to say below:

I felt like that… I felt that– I mean, I’ll be honest, I got on the Falcon. I was with Chewie. I was in the full costume… and I… you know what, that’s what I felt like. I felt like I got there, I did it, I lived it. And there was one more… there was another round that I decided not to do. And it’s far enough in the past now that I feel