Star Wars' Alden Ehrenreich sets the record straight on Solo's set: 'That was not accurate'
Alden Ehrenreich has had his say on the Solo: A Star Wars Story criticism — and he’s pushing back on a claim about what really happened on that set.
When it comes to Solo: A Star Wars Story, even eight years on, people are still banging on about whether Alden Ehrenreich was the right choice for Han Solo. In a fresh interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast with Josh Horowitz, Ehrenreich finally addressed the endless chatter (and some properly harsh criticism) head-on—and honestly, he sounds like he's very much over it.
Solo cost a reported $365 million and never made back its budget at the box office.
The Reaction to Solo
Let's look back for a second. Solo was released back in 2018 and almost immediately got a mixed reception. There were critics who actually thought Ehrenreich pulled off the impossible by stepping into Harrison Ford's boots and gave him the thumbs up as Han. Others, not so much—some of the media really zeroed in on the story and the general sense that the film just didn't quite land. And, financially, it was hardly a win for Lucasfilm: the film's reported $365 million budget did it no favours when it only managed to scrape together $393 million globally, meaning by Hollywood maths, it lost money.
Ehrenreich Shrugs Off the Haters
On the podcast, Josh Horowitz didn't shy away from the awkward stuff, directly bringing up the less-than-glowing response some people had to Ehrenreich's take on Solo. Ehrenreich, for his part, didn't let it rattle him. In his words:
Yeah, that was not accurate... I mean, it's good. I'm fine. We're all good now. It's all fine.
He went on to say it's just a small corner of the internet and media that wants to keep picking at old scabs, suggesting if clickbait writers want to carry on moaning, that's their business, but for the rest of us, it might be time to move on.
Fond Memories from Set
The podcast wasn't all about internet drama though. Ehrenreich was asked about his actual experience making Solo, and the highlight for him was simple: stepping onto the Millennium Falcon for the first time. He reckoned it was like a childhood make-believe daydream brought to life, especially during the screen test—that moment of, 'I can't believe I actually get to do this.'
As for recent projects, Ehrenreich hasn't exactly vanished. He's just shown up again in the 2026 thriller A Talent for Murder, and he's set for a couple of upcoming roles, including Miami Vice '85 and The Last Resort.