In an interview conducted with Mike Ryan over at Uproxx that centered on his inclusion in the film War For the Planet of the Apes, Woody Harrelson gave off the impression that we shouldn’t be worried at all with the switch from Chris Miller & Phil Lord to Ron Howard as director for the upcoming young Han Solo standalone film.
If you missed it earlier, the leaked photo story that Mike refers to in the second paragraph copied below can be found here.
Earlier on Monday I spoke to the cast of War For the Planet of the Apes at Fox’s Midtown Manhattan headquarters. We will run the full interview later this week, but during the discussion things did, briefly, veer off onto the topic of the still untitled Han Solo movie – which Apes star Woody Harrelson is very much a part of.
First of all, he had no idea a set photo had been leaked on Sunday (to the point I had to show it to him) and he did seem legitimately shocked how close up the picture is. I asked him if the announcement of a veteran director like Ron Howard can have a calming effect on a production that seems a bit, let’s say, “chaotic.”
Harrelson sat back in his chair, a smile beaming ear to ear on his face, and said, “Oh, you can relax, man – because obviously the Force is with us.” Then burst into the kind of laugh that only Woody Harrelson can do.
Harrelson also went on to say that he enjoyed his time working with Miller and Lord on the film and that the production team is in “very capable hands” with Howard now leading the way.
