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    Sly Solo? Stallone Admits He Was Considered for 'Star Wars'

    "He was a scrappy underdog from Philly who got a shot at the heavyweight title. He was also a Vietnam vet out for justice. He was even a truck driver turned professional arm wrestler. But he missed his chance to be a stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder.

    In a recent question-and-answer session with the readers of Ain't-It-Cool-News, Sylvester Stallone opened up about the roles he has played in his career, plus a few that he didn't. Most notably, he revealed that he was actually considered for the role of Han Solo in the original "Star Wars."

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    This is really interesting. It's cool to picture what might have been, if this had happened.
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    I'm glad Harrison Ford got the role instead.....

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      Talk about a bullet dodged
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        Who knows, perhaps the movies would've been even better with Stallone involved...
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          Originally posted by TBA View Post
          Who knows, perhaps the movies would've been even better with Stallone involved...
          Harrison Ford's career probably wouldn't have gone anywhere... and we'll have missed out on dozens of his great movies.

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            Originally posted by Replicator Todd View Post
            I'm glad Harrison Ford got the role instead.....
            Originally posted by Promethius30 View Post
            Talk about a bullet dodged
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              I don't think missing Star Wars would have affected the career of Ford. If he had missed out on Indiana Jones, then there would have been a problem because I think the Indy trilogy was what helped get him away from Star Wars.

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                Originally posted by SaberBlade View Post
                I don't think missing Star Wars would have affected the career of Ford. If he had missed out on Indiana Jones, then there would have been a problem because I think the Indy trilogy was what helped get him away from Star Wars.
                They're both made by George Lucas.

                And you're kidding yourself if you think him not being in Star Wars wouldn't have affected his career. He's the only actor in the film to successful move on from Star Wars.

                These 3 movies helped get him noticed.

                If they had passed up Harrison Ford on Star Wars, it's likely he might not have tried out for a part in that movie. Or they would have passed him up on that roll too.

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                  Originally posted by Promethius30 View Post
                  Talk about a bullet dodged
                  Originally posted by TBA View Post
                  Who knows, perhaps the movies would've been even better with Stallone involved...
                  Phew is all i can say, Harrison Ford was an excellent choice, if Stallone was Han Solo he probably wouldve gotten the role of Indiana Jones aswell *shudders*
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                    Originally posted by Replicator Todd View Post
                    I'm glad Harrison Ford got the role instead.....
                    i don't know i wouldn't mind seeing rambo kicking some sith ass
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                      Originally posted by Alan Wake View Post
                      "He was a scrappy underdog from Philly who got a shot at the heavyweight title. He was also a Vietnam vet out for justice. He was even a truck driver turned professional arm wrestler. But he missed his chance to be a stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder.

                      In a recent question-and-answer session with the readers of Ain't-It-Cool-News, Sylvester Stallone opened up about the roles he has played in his career, plus a few that he didn't. Most notably, he revealed that he was actually considered for the role of Han Solo in the original "Star Wars."

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                      This is really interesting. It's cool to picture what might have been, if this had happened.
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                        Originally posted by Pharaoh Atem View Post
                        i don't know i wouldn't mind seeing rambo kicking some sith ass
                        Yeah the scene where Solo runs down the corridor in the screaming in the Death Star before running away again would have actually finished with Stallone Solo carrying an M-60 and mowing down the storm troopers.
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                          Originally posted by P-90_177 View Post
                          Yeah the scene where Solo runs down the corridor in the screaming in the Death Star before running away again would have actually finished with Stallone Solo carrying an M-60 and mowing down the storm troopers.
                          And he would probably have been shirtless
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Pharaoh Atem View Post
                            i don't know i wouldn't mind seeing rambo kicking some sith ass
                            Harrison Ford > Rambo.

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                              Originally posted by Alan Wake View Post
                              They're both made by George Lucas.

                              And you're kidding yourself if you think him not being in Star Wars wouldn't have affected his career. He's the only actor in the film to successful move on from Star Wars.

                              These 3 movies helped get him noticed.

                              If they had passed up Harrison Ford on Star Wars, it's likely he might not have tried out for a part in that movie. Or they would have passed him up on that roll too.
                              Being in Star Wars didn't exactly help anyone in their careers. Sure it's made people rich and famous, but the only thing Carrie Fisher did after Star Wars was drugs. Mark Hamill did a few small things here and there until he was able to do voice acting (best Joker ever) but the two of them are linked to Star Wars forever. Ford would be no different but for Indiana Jones, and as you said, they are both made by Lucas so he didn't need to be noticed for Lucas to cast him, Lucas already knew about him. That's why Ford was already working on Star Wars before people were cast, he was there reading lines with people who were auditioning. Even if he didn't get Star Wars, he still could have gotten Indy.

                              Even with Star Wars, if Tom Selleck had did Indy like planned, things could have been very different for Ford.

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