Supposedly, the Han Solo role in the original Star Wars was his for the taking, with some saying he was high on the list for George Lucas.
“In those days it said ‘black actor,’ ‘white actor,’ ‘Hispanic actor’ for every role, but it didn’t say either for the Han Solo part,” he explained.
Incidentally, Englund also said he’d heard that Tom Selleck turned down the Han Solo role.
The only problem was that the future Scarface didn’t understand the script they gave him or why he should play Han Solo.
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