Michael K. Williams Says His 'Solo' Character Would Have Been "Half Mountain Lion"

By: Dominic Jones

The production of Solo: A Star Wars Story has been one of the strangest in the history of cinema.  After several months of shooting, and only a few weeks of shooting left, Lucasfilm and directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller decided to part ways and Ron Howard was brought in to reshoot a huge portion of the film.  One of the changes that had to be made was Michael K. Williams, who was originally cast to play Dryden Vos in the film, was replaced in the film by Paul Bettany because Williams' schedule wouldn't allow for the massive reshoots.  Williams spoke about what his character would have been as well as the situation surrounding the infamous directors change in a recent interview with the Jim and Sam Show.  You can see Williams discuss Solo in the video below,

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Michael K. Williams Talks About The Scenes He Shot For 'Solo: A Star Wars Story'

By: Dominic Jones

One of the casualties of the infamous directors switch on Solo: A Star Wars Story was Emmy-award winning actor Michael K. Williams who was originally slated to play Dryden Vos in the film.  Williams had finished shooting all of his scenes with directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller when they were removed from the project and replaced by Ron Howard.  Williams was unavailable to reshoot his scenes with Howard and was ultimately replaced by Paul Bettany as a result.

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Michael K. Williams Says Emilia Clarke's Character Is Named "Kira" in the Han Solo Movie (Updated!)

By: Dominic Jones

Even though his character has (sadly) been cut from the upcoming untitled Han Solo, Michael K. Williams still knows a thing or two about that movie.  The actor was interviewed by Julie Miller in Vanity Fair recently about all of his upcoming projects, including the Han Solo film, and he dropped some interesting tidbits about the film--including the name of a previously unnamed character.

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Michael K. Williams' Role Has Been Cut From the Han Solo Movie

By: Dominic Jones

Emmy award winning actor Michael K. Williams's role from the upcoming untitled young Han Solo film has been cut.  The actor spoke with Deadline recently and revealed that his role was one of the, what we assume are many, significant changes that were made following Ron Howard taking over as director from Phil Lord and Chris Miller back in June.  The reason for the change is that the massive reshoots that Howard planned to revamp the film clashed with Williams' schedule. Williams explained,

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BREAKING: Michael K. Williams Officially Joins the Han Solo Film

By: Dominic Jones

Lucasfilm announced today that Michael K. Williams has been cast in the upcoming young Han Solo film. Williams is best known for his role as Omar Little on The Wire and Albert "Chalky" White on Boardwalk Empire. It was first reported that Williams was in talks to join the film Variety last week.  Williams joins the cast of the film that also includes Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian, Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Thandie Newton.

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Rumor: Michael K. Williams Cast in the Han Solo Film

By: Dominic Jones

The young Han Solo film looks to have found another cast member.  Variety is reporting that The Wire star Michaek K. Williams is in final talks to join the cast of the 2018 film.  Little is known about the role that Williams is up for, as much of the film has remained shrouded in mystery.  Filming for the film is already underway, with principle photography having begun last week.

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