I’m very skeptical. I fear that whoever they get to play Han Solo will make no attempt to capture Harrison Ford’s mannerism, et. al. In fact, that’s why I wasn’t thrilled with Chris Pine’s James T. Kirk. Pine made his own character and that’s fine, but to me it just wasn’t Captain Kirk.
Usually I’d disagree with this kind of thinking, but Harrison’s facial expressions were a distinct part of the character, the way he uses his eyebrows for instance is fundamental to the humor of the character, the incredulity he often expresses and his charm. The way his eyes get kind of squinty when he smiles. Anyone without these qualities will just be mediocre Han Solo cosplay, no one wants a whole movie of that.
Basically I think it matters less whether the actor’s resting face is close to Harrison’s, and more whether the actor’s expressions work the same as Harrison’s. He’s got that smile that immediately wins you over, it’s just something Harrison has as a natural part of his face magic. You can’t tell even a quality actor to “smile rogueishly”, and there you then have Han Solo. Sorry casting department.
Anthony Ingruber does do the expressions right for the most part, but I don’t know if he could fully carry the character as I’m not familiar with all of his work.
Me too. She and Ackbar had a torrid love affair in the early days of the Rebellion.
And we also need a movie to explain what the heck is up with General Madine’s Gumby hair.
Dude, so many people had haircuts like that in the 70’s. What gets me every time with that character is the astroturf beard. They just glued that thing on his face half an hour before his scene. Somebody cut it out of a sheet of felt from the craft store down the street because they ran out of fake hair.
And that shortlist is extremely discouraging, based on resting faces of course. Scott Eastwood looked like he might have a tiny amount of the right face magic. Some of the others were laughable.