Who will be young Han Solo? (pictures)
Meet some of the front-runners in the race for the coveted role in the forthcoming Star Wars spin-off.
Alden Ehrenreich
26-year-old Alden Ehrenreich, the break-out star of Coen Brothers movie "Hail Caesar!", is reported to be the actor taking on the mantle of "Star Wars" rogue Han Solo in a new film about the character's early life. The coveted role saw almost every young actor in Hollywood in the frame -- scroll through the gallery to see the contenders who were edged out by Ehrenreich.
Miles Teller
Age: 28
Won plaudits for his searing turn in "Whiplash" but suffered a setback with the poorly received "Fantastic Four" and a widely mocked Esquire interview.
Dave Franco
Age: 30
Brother of James, star of "21 Jump Street" and "Now You See Me".
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Age: 25
Star of "Kick-Ass" and "The Avengers: Age of Ultron". They'll have to do something about that hair.
Ansel Elgort
Age: 21
Star of tearjerker "The Fault in Our Stars" and the Divergent movie series.
Logan Lerman
Age: 23
Best known as the kid from WWII drama "Fury", and plays mythical hero Percy Jackson in two family fantasy flicks.
Rami Malek
Age: 34
One of the older names in the frame, the breakout star of the hit show "Mr. Robot", in which he plays a troubled hacker.
Chandler Riggs
Age: 16
At 16, Carl from the "The Walking Dead" is one of the younger actors named.
Colton Haynes
Age: 27
Model-turned-actor appearing in "Teen Wolf" on TV and in DC comics hit "Arrow", as Arsenal.
Ed Westwick
Age: 28
English star of "Gossip Girl".
Hunter Parrish
Age: 28
Star of "Weeds" and "The Following", recently seen in Amazon's "Hand of God" and "Good Girls Revolt".
Joshua Sasse
Age: 27
Star of TV musical comedy "Galavant".
Landon Liboiron
Age: 23
Canadian star of "Degrassi: The Next Generation" and "Hemlock Grove" on Netflix.
Leo Howard
Age: 18
The star of Disney family comedy "Kickin' It" has already played a young Conan the Barbarian and a young Snake Eyes from "GI Joe".
Max Thieriot
Age: 27
Co-star of the "Psycho" TV spin-off "Bates Motel".
Nick Robinson
Age: 20
One of the young stars of dino-sequel "Jurassic World".
Jack Reynor
Age: 23
Irish-raised star of "Transformers: Age of Extinction" and "Macbeth".
Tom Felton
Age: 28
"Harry Potter" baddie Draco Malfoy, soon to be seen in the true story of US army K-9 operator Megan Leavey and in "Risen", the story of Jesus' resurrection from the Roman point of view.
Tony Oller
Age: 24
Singer and star of "The Purge".
Anthony Ingruber
Age: 25
Already played a younger version of a Harrison Ford character in "The Age of Adaline", which followed an uncanny impression of Ford (and many other famous names) on his YouTube channel.
Emory Cohen
Age: 25
Star of "The Place Beyond the Pines" and "Brooklyn", who'll soon appear alongside Brad Pitt in Netflix movie "War Machine".
Scott Eastwood
Age: 29
Having appeared in "Fury" and a couple of films directed by his dad Clint, we're sure Eastwood is feeling lucky.
Blake Jenner
Age: 23
The "Glee" star will soon be seen in Richard Linklater's "Everybody Wants Some".