Alden Ehrenreich Officially Cast as Han Solo in <i>Star Wars</i> Spinoff

Alden Ehrenreich will play a young Han Solo in an upcoming Star Wars spinoff, directors of the franchise said.

The Hail, Caesar! actor was cast for the role of the standalone movie after auditioning for six months, he said at Star Wars Celebration Europe at the ExCel Centre in London, according to Deadline. He was part of the first batch of 3,000 tryouts. The role was originally played by Harrison [f500link]Ford[/f500link].