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Prequels, sequels, and remakes, just mentioning them will
have many curling up into a ball, rocking back and forth trying to find their
happy place. But some of the greatest movies ever made have been prequels,
sequels and remakes. A Fistful Of Dollars, The Magnificent Seven, Scarface, The
Thing, The Departed, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers - 1978, Zulu Dawn, The
Empire Strikes Back, Internal Affairs II and The Godfather II achieves the
remarkable feat of being both a sequel and a prequel in glorious fashion. The
only problem I have with any prequel, sequel, or remake is if they are bad
movies. Volumes could be written on what makes a movie bad, but one of the
biggest make or break elements is the casting. Get the casting wrong and things
are on a rocky road to hell right from the start. But get the casting right
then you've got something remarkable on your hands and it seldom gets any better
than Harrison Ford playing one of my absolute favourite movie heroes, Han Solo.
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I can't wait to see The Force Awakens and the two following movies that will
continue the story with a new trilogy in George Lucas's space opera. But what
about the other movies that Disney has in store? What about all the adventures
all the characters had before everything in the galaxy went all dark side? The
adventures of Han Solo could create a series of movies as enduring as the Bond
movies. His DL-44 Blaster pistol is his Walther PPK, The Millennium Falcon is
his gadget rigged Aston Martin, and even if he doesn't do it all for Queen and
country on account of him being a bit of a scoundrel, he still wins the favour
of a princess. But what about that crucial element of casting a new actor to
play a younger Han Solo? Get it wrong and there will quite literally be riots
on the streets.
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A few names are being thrown around who
the successor to Mr Ford could be. Some I like the sound of and some I don't.
Aaron Paul is a fantastic actor and he would make an admirable Han Solo, even
if some part of me would be waiting for him to say, "Yeah! Deathstar BITCH!"
Chris Pratt I am in two minds about. He could pull it off up to a point, but he
would have to get rid of the Marvel makeover jacked look. Having an actor who
is as beefed up as that would just look terrible as Han Solo or Indiana Jones
for that matter. While I take my Fedora off to actors who get their bodies into
such great shape, it would just look weird and out of place in a period movie
playing Indiana Jones or playing Han Solo who is by all accounts just a regular
type of guy rather than a superhero type. Harrison Ford had the perfect degree
of athleticism to make Han Solo and Indiana Jones believable ass-kickers. So
please casting gods, no actors with Marvel jacked makeovers for these roles.
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Being an actor myself I would love to be in one of the Star Wars movies, and
yes a part of me would love to play Han Solo, but more than anything I want the
casting to be as close to perfect as possible. That's why I reckon the first
new actor to step into Mr Ford's shoes should be Anthony Ingruber. Anthony
plays a young version of Harrison Ford in the movie The Age Of Adaline, and he
looks incredibly like a Younger version of Mr Ford.
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| Harrison Ford / Anthony Ingruber Find Anthony on his website click here |
I first heard of Anthony on my friend Casey
Ryan's very popular podcast show, The Cutting Room Floor where Anthony did this
killer impersonation of Harrison Ford.
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Now if the right decisions are made and
Anthony becomes the new owner of the Millennium falcon, as awesome a job of
impersonating Mr Ford as he can do, I don't think he should do a simple
impersonation. I would be very surprised if that was expected of him or from whoever
ends up in the role. What Anthony's performance in The Age Of Adaline and being
able to do such mind-bogglingly accurate impersonations proves, is that he has the
acting chops to pull this off.
Like every actor who has played James Bond, he
should bring his own brand of scoundrel to the role. Anthony is the perfect
choice to be the first new Han Solo. Maybe I can play Han Solo's old smuggler
friend Mako Spince and tear around the galaxy on smuggling adventures together.
That would be awesome.
Anthony impersonating Harrison Ford
The Age Of Adaline trailer
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