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'Star Wars' Super-Fan Christian Bale Wants to go to 'A Galaxy Far Far Away...'

Christian Bale has confirmed that he was previously in talks for a role in "Solo: A Star Wars Story," and despite not coming to terms he hopes to be in a future "Star Wars" film. Bale was rumored to be in talks for the Solo role that ultimately went to Woody Harrelson.

From article, (Christian Bale has confirmed that he was previously in talks for a role in "Solo: A Star Wars Story," and despite not coming to terms he hopes to be in a future "Star Wars" film. Bale was rumored to be in talks for the Solo role that ultimately went to Woody Harrelson.

"Yes, [it was] very tempting," Bale said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. "I not only love the films going back to my childhood but also have a very long relationship with Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall because they did "Empire of the Sun" from many years back. There was discussion, [and] I hope there will be future discussions."

 In addition to the Solo potential casting, Bale was reportedly on George Lucas' shortlist to play Anakin Skywalker before the role ultimately went to Hayden Christiansen.)