Miles Teller is just full of revelations, confirming rumours that he auditioned to play the role of young Han Solo in the upcoming Star Wars prequel and then making a confession that would elicit gasps at Comic-Con: he had never saw Star Wars.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Teller was chatting with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast when he spilled the beans about auditioning for the iconic role.
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“I had never even seen any of the original Star Wars movies until maybe a month or a couple weeks before my first audition because I was like, ‘I should check this out,'” Teller revealed.
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And now that he’s seen them? “I just love Harrison Ford,” Teller gushes. “I think that’s a great character. I love his brand, I mean, so many guys would’ve played that part so wrong and he has humour at the right times. Harrison Ford is a very big actor, when you see the facial expressions and the things he does he goes big, but he’s just always the coolest guy in the room and he’s got all of those great qualities.”
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According to reports, Teller has some stiff competition for the high-flying role; rumours indicate other actors up for the role include Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!), Jack Reynor (Transformers: Age of Extinction) and Emory Cohen (Brooklyn).
