« Solo: A Star Wars Story » is on track to pull in just over $100 million at the box office for the holiday weekend.
« Solo: A Star Wars Story » is on track to pull in just over $100 million at the box office for the holiday weekend. Director Ron Howard cast actors to play the franchise’s iconic characters, including Donald Glover to play Lando Calrissian, a role originated by Billy Dee Williams. »I’m very grateful for everything. It feels like a dream, but I just try to keep it about the work, » Glover said. Lando’s sidekick is a strong and feisty droid played by Pheobe Waller-Bridge. Waller-Bridge portrayed the character through motion-capture. »It’s half motion capture, half real built onto me, » Waller-Bridge said. « It’s green leggings and a green leotard and a green face, head mask, there were dots all over me. They would drill my arms and my legs and my chest to me, and my head was a sombrero kind of situation on the set. Then it’s just kind of lugging that around all day. »Qi’ra is played by Emilia Clarke, an actress familiar to « Game of Thrones » fans. »If you ask a lot of filmmakers why they’re in this game, often the answer is ‘Star Wars,’ so to be a part of that while being a part of something that had been formed from the influence of Star Wars, I’m very, very lucky, » Clarke said. Actor Paul Bettany played Vos in the movie and previously appeared in the « Avengers » franchise. »To roll right into this, the next lot of dedicated, amazing fans, is….yes, I’m feeling pretty hashtag ‘blessed,' » Bettany said.
