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Tom Hanks Really Wanted to Play a Stormtrooper in Solo
Ron Howard and Tom Hanks have seen some great success together over the years and are close friends. But Howard wasn’t able to get Hanks into the highly coveted cameo role as a Stormtrooper in Solo: A Star Wars Story after the actor inquired about the gig. Many famous faces have wanted to get into a Star Wars movie, and many have done so successfully, even if it’s only in a Stormtrooper mask or heavily made up to look like an alien. Daniel Craig was famously a Stormtrooper in The Force Awakens, while Tom Hardy along with Prince Harry and Prince Williams were relegated to the deleted scenes of The Last Jedi as Stormtroopers.
In a recent interview promoting Solo, Ron Howard was asked about special cameos in the movie. Howard claims that there really isn’t any that he filmed, though he could be playing coy. However, he did mention that Tom Hanks really wanted to be a Stormtrooper, but revealed that they could not coordinate a day to shoot, due to scheduling conflicts. He did state that it could happen in the future now that Lucasfilm knows that Hanks is interested in the part. Star Wars 9 could feature a very famous Stormtrooper when it hits theaters in 2020.
