During a recent interview, Alden Ehrenreich was asked the inevitable questions about returning to the character of Han Solo and fighting Crimson Dawn, especially since his latest film, Cocaine Bear, reunited the star with producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
Sari is Keri Russell’s character’s name, and it also happens to be a name that means something to you. [Writer’s Note: Alden’s mother is named Sari.]
(Ehrenreich gasps.) Wow, you are good.
Is this a total coincidence even though it’s an uncommon name?
It is a total coincidence. It’s really bizarre. It’s still weird for me to hear it, and it was weird for me when I was reading it on the page.
So you guys shot Ireland for Georgia?
Yeah, the last couple years I shot a movie [Cocaine Bear] that takes place in [Georgia], in Ireland, a movie [Fair Play] that takes place in Midtown Manhattan, in Serbia, a movie [Oppenheimer] that takes place in D.C., in Santa Fe, and then a show [Ironheart] that takes place in Chicago, in Atlanta. So that’s what all this stuff looks like now. But I’d always wanted to go to Ireland. I’m a little bit Irish, a teensy bit. I’m also a big fan of Irish writers like [James] Joyce and [W.B.] Yeats. So it was really thrilling to get to go there, and I got to go to the Abbey Theatre. I also just love the people. It’s one of my favorite places I’ve ever been.
So in between bowls of plain penne pasta, did you and O’Shea Jackson Jr. discuss the fact that he had scenes on Obi-Wan Kenobi with Han Solo’s future wife, Leia?
He would talk about that. I don’t have a great grasp on the whole universe that’s come after mine at this point, but yeah, he was into it. And Keri is in Star Wars [The Rise of Skywalker], too. It was a real Star Wars alum situation.
I’m always badgering your former co-workers for more Solo because I really loved what you and Emilia Clarke did in that movie.
Thanks.
Do you think Han eventually figured out that Qi’ra left him in order to protect him from Maul, as well as other Crimson Dawn enemies?
It’s a great question. We’ll see. I have no idea. I haven’t heard the term Crimson Dawn in a long time.
Read the interview in full here. Cocaine Bear is released in cinemas on February 24th, 2023.
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