ST Do you think Alden Ehrenreich should have played Han's son in the ST instead of playing him in Solo?

I think Anthony Ingruber would have been a better choice for playing Han Solo in the movie "Solo" insteadof Alden Ehrenreich.

Anthony Ingruber just looks more like Harrison Ford than Alden Ehrenreich does.

However, I think Alden Ehrenreich would have been a good choice for playing Han Solo's son if Disney went with the original plans for the Sequel Trilogy.

Here's concept art for the original plans for Episodes VII, VIII, and IX:

The character on the right's name is Kira, and the character on the left's name is Sam. It was obvious that Sam was supposed to be Han and Leia's original planned son for the Sequel Trilogy.

Honestly, Alden Ehrenreich looks more like Sam than he does Han Solo.

 

No way. That guy just looks like a stand up comedian doing Harrison Ford. Alden was much better.

 

I've been leaning on, purely looks wise, Dacre Montgomery for Young Han.

I wouldn't say that.

 

Honestly, I do think he looks much more like he could be the son of Han and Leia than Adam Driver did.

 

It's largely academic, but I thought Alden was perfectly fine as a young Han Solo, and I'm not sure he is physically imposing enough to have played Kylo Ren (if that's what is being suggested)... but yes, he could have played Han's son in a different incarnation. However, IMHO, it's not about being physically identical to Harrison Ford, be it in actual looks or mannerisms, but wether he can capture the 'essence' of who the character is or was. For example, and I'm sure there are more examples, Robert De Niro was brilliant as a young Vito Corleone in The Godfather II, but De Niro doesn't really look anything like a younger Marlon Brando.

 

No, he was good in Solo.

Anthony Ingruber is an impressionist. I don't think that's a particularly notable qualification for most big production studios.

 

Doubtful. You cast someone as Han solo and Leia's son. you do something with him.

 

I wouldn't trade Adam Driver for anyone.

And for me, Ehrenreich is easily the best performance in Solo.

 

If Kylo was played by someone other than Driver, but still written the same, I don't think a different casting would have helped.

 

I enjoyed Solo and I think that Ehrenreich really captured the charisma and swagger of Han Solo. Personally, a movie about a young Han Solo wasn’t at the top of my wish list, but it was an enjoyable romp.

As far as Ehrenreich playing Han and Leia’s son goes, I’m not sure that he would have been suited to the role as it stands. Kylo Ren was intentionally very different in character from Han and I don’t think that Ehrenreich would have brought the gravitas that Driver did to the role.

Had the sequels followed a different storyline with Han’s son being a chip-off-the-old-block smuggler, then Ehrenreich would have been a solid choice.

 

Alden is too Han and not enough Anakin.

 

I enjoyed Alden as Han. I think he looks more like the son of Han and Leia than Adam Driver does. Personally, Adam Driver has never believably looked like the son of Harrison Ford or Carrie Fisher to me. But, Adam Driver captured the material they clearly wanted for Kylo Ren. I'm not sure Alden would've been the correct choice they were clearly looking for in the "Jedi Killer." If he'd only been Ben Solo, and not Kylo Ren, Alden may have been a good choice.

 

Nah. Alden actually made me like the character of Han Solo, who I was never crazy about. However, if he were playing Sam in the George Lucas ST, I can get behind that.

 

Adam Driver doesn’t look a thing like Ford or Fisher, let alone any combination of their genes. Alden looks closer to that but since Kylo doesn’t work as a character anyway, I doubt he would have been a better Kylo. The character is the problem. I couldn’t buy “I’m being torn apart” from Driver because of his lack of emotion but the bits I saw of Alden as Han, no way he could have done those tantrums. He’d look ridiculous (not that Driver didn’t but at least he was broody. Alden looks like a smirky assistant coach on a Big Ten football team).

 

I think Alden nailed Han's character and mannerisms perfectly. Solo was a fun film. Alden definitely could have passed for Han and Leia's son more than Driver, but the character of Kylo was written poorly and beyond that I was not impressed with Driver's emoting anyway. I wouldn't wish that lack of story on Alden.

 

I'm no big Kylo fan but I think Adam is a much better actor.

 

I thought Adam Driver was perfectly cast in his role and I don’t think anyone else could’ve done it better. Alden did a great job in Solo, but I don’t think he could’ve done what Adam Driver did with the character of Kylo Ren (or whatever the equivalent of Han’s son would’ve been in another version of the Sequel Trilogy).

 

I think you make some great points! I guess I also should’ve prefaced my post by saying that I’m a MASSIVE Adam Driver fan and he was a huge reason why I enjoyed the sequels. I’m sure someone like Alden could’ve done well with the character if it was written more as what the “Sam” version of the character was, but I love Adam Driver and because I’ve already seen him in the role as Han and Leia’s son, I can’t imagine anyone else doing it because I loved him so much as Kylo.