What you may not know about Alden Ehrenreich, star of ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
Armed with dangerously good looks, charm and intelligence, the 28-year-old American actor will soon be coming to cinema screens as the new Han Solo
American actor Alden Ehrenreich will be starring as Han Solo in the film Solo: A Star Wars Story, which will be released this week.
If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the trailer.
Many fans have been wondering what a Han Solo origin story would look like without the original actor who played the role, Harrison Ford, so Ehrenreich has big shoes to fill.
Here are some things you may not have known about the 28-year-old.
He was discovered by director Steven Spielberg at a friend’s bat mitzvah
His performance trying on girls clothes and eating dirt in a video with Steven Spielberg’s daughter for their best friend’s bat mitzvah – a Jewish coming-of-age ritual for girls – caught the attention of the world renowned director.
Spielberg got him an agent and kick-started his career with DreamWorks, the studio that the director helped found.
It led to Ehrenreich’s acting roles in the American television series Supernatural, in 2005, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, in 2006.
