Woody Harrelson joins the Han Solo Star Wars movie

He's a bit older than the rest of the cast.
Text: Eirik Hyldbakk Furu
Published 2017-01-12

The list of confirmed actors for the upcoming Han Solo Star Wars movie keeps growing. We already knew that Alden Ehrenreich will play Han Solo himself, that Donald Glover will play Lando, and that Emilia Clarke will play a unknown character. Today we have our fourth confirmed actor, and we're willing to bet that he'll play some sort of mentor or father figure.

That's because the new actor is Woody Harrelson, who's 22 years older than the second oldest confirmed actor, Danny Glover. Judging by the announcement we'd say he might be playing a funny character:

"We couldn't be more excited to work with an artist with as much depth and range as Woody," said the film's directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. "His ability to find both humor and pathos, often in the same role, is truly unique. He is also very good at ping pong."

Sounds good to us. How about you?

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