SOLO: Original Dryden Vos Michael K. Williams Said He Had ‘Amazing Scenes’ with the Cast on the Millennium Falcon!
Actor Michael K. Williams, who was originally in the cast of Solo: A Star Wars Story before being cut due to scheduling conflicts, spoke briefly about his experience on EW‘s Sirius XM channel.
The actor stopped by Entertainment Weekly‘s show EW Live to promote the Sundance Channel’s Hap & Leonard, and of course Star Wars came up!
As we reported to you back in August, Williams had to be cut from Solo: A Star Wars Story due to scheduling conflicts. We later learned that Paul Bettany was cast to takeover the role of Dryden Vos when Ron Howard was brought in to direct.
Williams admits this was a new experience for him, and his sentiments echo disappointment, yet an understanding that it is out of his control:
“There are some things in life, you just gotta laugh at it. That was such an odd turn of events. That’s not the norm. As crazy a town as Hollywood is — I like to be the one that says I’ve seen a little bit of everything in this town — that was one for the textbooks. What are the odds of that happening? There comes a point, you just gotta throw your hands up and, you know what, it just wasn’t meant to be.”
EW goes on to say that Williams’ biggest regret is fans not being able to watch the scenes he created with his co-stars on the Millennium Falcon.
“I will tell you this much though. What saddens me most is I was very proud of the work that I did. What I believe I have created with Emilia Clarke and Woody Harrelson and Alden [Ehrenreich, who plays Solo]… I thought it was some great work. We was on the spaceship, and we all had these amazing scenes together, and I thought it was a great opportunity, and I thought it was some great stuff. It’s unfortunate the world won’t get to see it.”
There was some speculation that Williams’ character was completely replaced, but based on this information by EW, Williams was indeed playing Dryden Vos, now played by Bettany. Williams portrayed the character using motion-capture, and as EW writes the “character also morphed into a live-action human” when Bettany took over the role.
While it has been known for some time that Williams was cut due to scheduling conflicts and replaced by Bettany, we didn’t always know it would be the same character, nor that Vos would have scenes on the Millennium Falcon.
We are only 80 days away from Solo: A Star Wars Story opening in theaters!
SOURCE: EW
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So Vos was a Pyke, and now he’s a human? Bummer.
I think the results of this movie will determine if Disney will go on making SW movies or not
Even if it fails horribly, Disney will not stop making Star Wars movies.
that comment is beyond stupid.
Even if each movie makes $800 – a billion worldwide, that’s still a huge profit margin for them.
Not really. The movie making 800M doesn’t equate to Disney/LF making 800M.
Even if the budget was twice that of The Last Jedi which was 200M, then 800M box office means 400M profit which I would call a ‘huge margin’
400M would only be profit if D/LF was getting back that 400M as profit. You’re assuming that Ticketsales minus Budget equals Profit. It doesn’t because the equation is wrong and not nearly that simple. So I stand by my statement.
Um… what? lol yeah…. no lol i think the WORST a star wars movie COULD do would be 800mil. and that’s still knocking it out the ball park. no to mention the merchandising, home video, all that stuff. it’s like printing money.
It could make 800 mil and be terrible..true. But if it was good it could make 2 Billion. I think that is the business way of looking at this, not “well it still made a lot of money compared to the average film so it doesn’t matter what kind of product we put out.” Otherwise we are looking at the Amazing Spider-Man 1&2. Made more money that the average film but was still considered a disappointment and fell way short of what it could be. Hence why Sony sought out a collaboration with Marvel Studios. Lucasfilm will have to figure something out or Star Wars will continue to be in decline until it is “only” making what the average blockbuster makes.
I think JJ will close things off well. He started well. and then the other films have no basis of Skywalker history, so no writer can disappoint anyone with that (which were the biggest issues i heard people talk about this, how they dealt with Luke/Leia, etc.)
However, you are right… AND wrong. sometimes good movies don’t make bank. Look at Blade Runner 2049. although.. that was very cerebral. but still lol yeah, you right 😛
I was talking about a good STAR WARS movie making bank, not just your average sci-fi sequel like BR 2049. So I am not wrong in that aspect.
If it makes $800 (which I don’t think it will) it may only break even, it already costed a lot, what with practically reshooting the whole thing again, and all the marketing is really expensive. I think this will be a write-off for them.
Clone Wars??? somebody???
if you are specifically talking about Solo, I think you would be wrong. It’s going to make over $800. And the marketting is nothing compared to the toy saled, merch, comic/books tie-ins, and the eventual home video release. Trust me.. they are going to make bank. no where NEAR breaking even. it’s going to be a lot.
Let’s agree to disagree, Rogue One made 1 billion and Solo does not has half the traction R1 had 2 months before release, Solo is a movie that most people did not want, we’ve still yet to see if Alden is a good Solo, (sorry, 15 seconds do not count) we’ve seen China does not care about SW, so I guess this is uphill for this movie, but hey, let’s meet back here in say, 4 months. cheers
If you don’t like it just stop watching. Or watch but don’t comment on Star Wars sites
Or he can watch and comment on Star Wars sites if he wishes. I don’t agree with him but other people’s opinions and thoughts matter, even when I don’t agree. That’s how conversation turns into progress.
True, the negativity brings out the worst in me
Kathleen Kennedy’s job is on the line.
Explore her work a bit more if you will. She involved in way more than you know. ET, Jurassic park. She is a big deal in hollywood. something she earned. Also check her networth… She doesnt need a job.
“She doesnt need a job”
Not sure what that has to do with her job being on the line. Needing a job has nothing to do with whether or not it can be lost, nor does the fact that she’d a “big deal”. Also, her past work with movies doesn’t truly showcase what happens when she calls the shots. Becoming president of Lucasfilm is the first time that we saw what happens when KK is in complete control and not just Executive Producer.
She has always been an executive producer, you check what that means. Filoni needs to take charge of the creative aspects now
The good parts of Filoni’s stuff is very much fan service. The dialogue is awkward and the storylines childish even for cartoons.
He is better suited to staying in the niche he has now
It’s really not. There’s a lot of haters wanting her gone but she’s doing a great job and there hasn’t been any hint her being replaced from Disney or Lucasfilm
nah, not even close.
I’m sorry, but “scheduling conflicts” is bs. Every actor signs an agreement that not only are they to be available to do the work during the time designated, they are also available for reshoots. He cost the producers money in having to hire someone else and probably reshoot more then they needed. He didn’t want to come back and redo the scenes cause he thought what he did was so spectacular that it didn’t warrant a reshoot. Diva in the 10th degree if you ask me.
dude, the movie had it’s entire schedule changed because of the director switch. actors line up roles months or years in advance, so Williams had to have had another role obligation during the time that Solo was almost completely re-filmed. this was NOT a normal filming situation by any stretch so calling him a diva is completely off the mark.
Amazing how every one else was on set for the reshoots. You don’t hear of anyone else being replaced due to scheduling conflicts. He even says how “proud” he is of his “great work”. He just didn’t want to go back and do it differently as Howard requested. Listen, I don’t want to argue with you. You may be right, I may be right, we both might be wrong. In the end it’s just another movie. Hopefully, it will be enjoyable. Peace.
You are wrong, he is right.
These things happen even under normal circumstances.
A classic case from recent memory is the role of Fandral in the MCU Thor films. The first choice for the role was Zachary Levi, who then couldn’t make it due to his work on Chuck. The character was first played by Josh Dallas, who was then replaced by Levi in the sequels when he himself was too busy with Once upon a Time.
You literally have no idea what you are talking about.