20 Things You Didn't Know About Solo: A Star Wars Story

20. Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Miles Teller, Rami Malek & Many More Were Considered For Han

It won't surprise anyone to learn that original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller undertook an extensive manhunt to find an actor to play the young Han Solo.

After all, given Harrison Ford's absolutely singular presence in the role, it required an actor of equal charm and gravitas to do Han true justice.

And so the directors auditioned more than 3,000 actors for the part, with some of the more prominent names including Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Miles Teller, Rami Malek, Dave Franco, Tom Felton, Logan Lerman, Jack Reynor, Charlie Cox, Ansel Elgort, Scott Eastwood, Chris Pratt, and Taron Egerton.

The shortlist reportedly got down to Reynor, Egerton, and Alden Ehrenreich, with Ehrenreich ultimately winning the part.

Curiously, though, Lord and Miller claimed that Ehrenreich was the very first actor they ever auditioned for Han, and that nobody else they saw made quite the same impression.

The rest, as they say, is history.