Variety is reporting that actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge is currently in talks to join the cast of the upcoming young Han Solo standalone film in the role of a CG/motion capture type of character, presumably similar to Maz Kanata from The Force Awakens and K-2SO from Rogue One.
If she is in fact cast for the film (which began filming several days ago), she would be joining previously-announced Alden Ehrenreich (Han Solo), Donald Glover (Lando Calrissian), Emilia Clarke (character unknown), and Woody Harrelson (specific character unknown, but a mentor to Han) as members of the project.
Following her critically acclaimed turn in the Amazon series “Fleabag,” actress Pheobe Waller-Bridge is in talks for a key role in the upcoming “Star Wars” Han Solo spinoff starring Alden Ehrenreich.
The role would be a CGI-driven performance from Waller-Bridge but would still be a significant part of the ensemble, similarly to key Star Wars characters in the past like Chewbacca, C-3P0 and most recently, Alan Tudyk’s K-2SO in “Rogue One.”
Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson and Emilia Clarke co-star star in the Disney-Lucasfilm film, with Phil Lord and Chris Miller directing.
The untitled Han Solo pic is set prior to “Star Wars: A New Hope,” like the other “Star Wars” standalone project, “Rogue One.”
Kathleen Kennedy and Allison Shearmur will produce with production slated to begin in January. The movie hits theaters on May 25, 2018.
