A few months later, Tessa Thompson, Naomi Scott and Zoe Kravitz tested for the movie, but there’s been no word on if any of them made the cut.
Last August, it was reported that the young Han Solo movie was looking for an actress of color to play one of the leads, who we speculated could be Sana Starros, a character introduced in Marvel’s ongoing Star Wars comic book series.
Since Newton is a decade or two older than those three actresses, it’s unclear whether she would be playing the same character they auditioned for or someone completely different, but either way, she would be a major score for the production.