Alden Ehrenreich Trashes Scarjo For Appearing In “Garbage” Solo Film
CASTLE WARD, NORTHERN IRELAND—It’s 5am on the set of the Elizabeth Banks-directed thriller, Cocaine Bear, but Alden Ehrenreich is already taking shots. Not with a blaster, as he did in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, but with his words.
During a lengthy Zoom chat with FSW, the actor lambasted everything from streaming services to young Hollywood and fellow Disney performer Scarlett Johansson.
“This year’s Teen Choice Awards were the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen,” he said, through puffs of an e-death stick. “My business is becoming a big theme park ride. You have actors that don’t have a clue what they’re doing. You have filmmakers that don’t have a clue what they’re doing. And they all think it’s a one-man show. Sorry, but you’re not Han friggin’ Solo, people. I don’t care how many Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards you win or how much slime they pour on you.”
Aldenreich, who was discovered by Steven Spielberg at a bat mitzvah, rose to fame with a critically acclaimed turn in the Coen Brothers’ Hail, Caesar! He has since starred in the divisive Solo spin-off film and A Brave New World for Peacock. However, the 31-year-old is determined to not be defined by solo films or big budget productions.
“I still hunt out the good stuff because I don’t want to be in Black Widow,” he says. “It looks like garbage to me. It looks like a bad video game spin-off that no one asked for! I’m embarrassed for Scarlett! I’m sure she got paid two or three million smackaroos, but I’m embarrassed for her. No offense to her, but that character simply can’t carry a solo film. That’s the kind of crap I want no part of. I really don’t. It literally exists just to add to the dung heap clusterf**k of content being crapped out by streaming services. Yeah, no thanks. I’ll find that kid director that’s gonna be the next Lucas and I’ll act for him instead.”
It’s safe to say Ehrenreich won’t be appearing in a superhero film anytime soon, although a takedown of the genre could be in the cards. The actor joked that he’d totally be open to starring in a satire of the Marvel films, especially if it were produced by John Boyega’s UpperRoom Productions. “I love the stance John took against becoming a cog in the streaming wars. So I’d definitely be open to doing something fun with him.”
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