Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has been around Hollywood a long time. But she’s still learning. Speaking to Vanity Fair’s Anthony Breznican, she admitted that the 2018 Solo film, …
film, about the younger years of the swashbuckling space cowboy Han Solo, taught her a lesson: don’t recast a core role.was one such attempt, with Alden Ehrenreich in the iconic Han Solo role pioneered by Harrison Ford.
“There should be moments along the way when you learn things,” says Kennedy. “Now it does seem so abundantly clear that we can’t do that.”television series may make it easier to break new ground, as new stars and storylines are introduced.
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