Solo Star Alden Ehrenreich Discusses the Movies Improving Reputation Among Fans

Almost five years ago, Solo: A Star Wars Story arrived in theaters after a notoriously stormy production. As many fans already know, the film's original directors, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, were fired mere weeks before the conclusion of principal photography. Ron Howard was hired to finish the film, and he conducted an extensive amount of reshoots to overhaul the movie's tone.



Sadly, the spinoff film didn't find much success during its theatrical release. Thanks to its inflated budget (as a result of the reshoots), a competitive release window, and a generally poor marketing campaign, Solo became the first Star Wars film to bomb at the box office. The movie did get fairly positive reviews from critics overall, but that didn't do much to alter the perception that Solo underwhelmed audiences and represented a misstep for the franchise.







However, it's worth mentioning that Solo does have its supporters amongst the Star Wars fanbase. Most notably, the movie's admirers launched the #MakeSolo2Happen social media campaign to show Lucasfilm that at least some interest exists for a potential sequel, even if there seems to be little curiosity in such a project on the studio's side of things.



Now, Alden Ehrenreich, who played the title character in the spinoff film, has spoken about how the movie's reputation has changed over time. Ehrenreich recently chatted with Yahoo Entertainment about his new film, Cocaine Bear, and the interviewer asked the actor for his thoughts on fans' changing perceptions of Solo.







Ehrenreich, who was sitting alongside Cocaine Bear co-star and fellow Star Wars alum O'Shea Jackson Jr. (Obi-Wan Kenobi series), had this to say:

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORYJoonas Suotamo is Chewbacca, Woody Harrelson is Beckett and Alden Ehrenreich is Han Solo



Ehrenreich certainly makes a good point with his remarks here. When one discusses a series with a fanbase that's as massive and varied as the Star Wars fandom, it's important to remember that every story set in that universe has its fans. Even the prequel trilogy, which for a number of years seemed to encounter near-unanimous backlash from large chunks of the fanbase, now has vocal defenders of its own.



The interviewer also asked Ehrenreich what it was like to work on another project with Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Based on Ehrenreich's response, it seems like Lord and Miller, who were producers on Cocaine Bear, were happy to have him back aboard:

O'Shea Jackson Jr. also took a moment near the end of the discussion to humorously contribute his thoughts on Solo:

Jackson was in the running to play Lando in the movie, but Donald Glover was cast in the role instead. Jackson would later get the chance to join the Star Wars franchise in last year's Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries.



Even though Solo may not have gotten the reception that the cast, crew, and studio hoped for upon its release, it's nice to know that some fans have always enjoyed it and others have come around to it over the last half-decade. And who knows? Even if Ehrenreich never gets the chance to return as Han in a sequel to the film, we might see more of his version of Han in another medium. Qi'ra sure has been getting a lot of stuff to do in Marvel's recent comics, after all.







For the full interview with Alden Ehrenreich and Jackson, you can watch their interview with Yahoo's Kevin Polowy below:



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