At the beginning of last year, a report came out that mentioned actor Christian Bale was being considered by Lucasfilm to be part of the then-untitled Han Solo standalone film. Specifically, Bale was being looked at for the role of Han’s mentor in the film, which ultimately wound up being given to Woody Harrelson instead.
In a recently-uploaded episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast hosted by MTV’s Josh Horowitz (via Collider), Bale confirmed that report from January of 2017 was indeed true with the chances of him landing the role pretty good at the time.
“Yes, [it was] very tempting. I not only love the films going back to my childhood but also have a very long relationship with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall because they did Empire of the Sun many years back. There was discussion, [and] I hope there will be future discussions.”
Could we see Bale as part of the GFFA in some capacity in a future Star Wars film? From his comments made below, Bale would definitely be up for it.
“Star Wars I’m a huge fan. Yeah Star Wars really interests me. I’ve still got the Millennium Falcon, I’ve got the AT-AT. My daughter, her first love was Darth Vader. She absolutely adored Darth Maul. [She] stood near him at Disneyland and he growled and he’s got those teeth and he stayed in character, really wonderful performance, and she was teeny and I thought, ‘This is gonna scare the crap out of her, this is such a bad idea.’ And then she stopped and she said, ‘Daddy, I’m in love.’”
