Star Wars: A New Hope

Recasting Couch

Denzel or a later Kurt Russell are imagined as Han.

In the discussion (2)
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  • Han requires an unusual combination of cool, humor and charisma; Denzel is proposed as a somewhat edgier alternative. — Van Lathan
  • A later Russell is considered plausible because Han must be dashing yet rough, smuggling and likable rather than simply pretty. — Sean Fennessey