Tweetweek: Young Han Solo, Met Ball, and Civil War
Friday, May 6, 2016 at 3:00PM 
Apologies for the slim postings the past two days. Boring issues at TFE HQ that will hopefully be remedied shortly for a jampacked next week. But enough of that...
As you may have heard Alden Ehrenreich has been cast as the Young Han Solo. If you are old like me you know he won't be the first actor to have risked Ford comparisons in the role. Way back in 1989, then freshly Oscar- nominated teen star River Phoenix (Running on Empty) played Young Han Solo in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in a flashback scene wherein we learned how Indiana Jones got that scar under his lip.
Alden Ehrenreich is all the rage at the moment due to his truly awesome work in Hail, Caesar! And the following tweet is most definitely true of actor heat both now and in general. The Coens have a rich history of making people notice how great certain actors are and then other filmmakers capitalize on it. It's not just that galaxy far far away that takes cues from them.
First Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver, now Alden Ehrenreich. Lucasfilm just waits for the Coens to show them who's cool. #StarWars #HanSolo
— Angie J. Han (@ajhan) May 6, 2016
The Coens have a rich history of making people notice how great certain actors are and then other filmmakers capitalize on it. It's not just that galaxy far far away that takes cues from them.
But before we begin after the jump please note that I'm nominating Scott Beggs for the Pulitzer in criticism
The punching in Captain America: Civil War looks better than the punching in X-Men: Apocalypse.
— Scott Beggs (@scottmbeggs) April 26, 2016
I'm going on an actual blind date tomorrow and, if he murders me, can you guys let Julianne Moore know that I love her
— benji (@benarmishaw) May 6, 2016
Is Julianne Moore playing Marie Antoinette in Wonderstruck? What's the story, Todd Haynes? pic.twitter.com/81oMmsShpF
— Murtada (@ME_Says) April 29, 2016
EXCLUSIVE! First stills from Academy Award-winning director Tom Hooper's eagerly awaited film version of 'Cats'. pic.twitter.com/c6WGwxj4pD
— Guy Lodge (@GuyLodge) May 6, 2016
CIVIL WAR explores what happens when your best friend from high school (Bucky) meets your best friend from college (Falcon).
— Benjamin Simpson (@simps) May 6, 2016
i just keep thinking that if steve's and tony's moms had the same name this whole civil war could've been avoided
— andy levy (@andylevy) May 6, 2016
My wife and my best friend both thought Captain America: Civil War was a superhero movie set during the American civil war.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) May 6, 2016
Benjamin Walker and Eric Bana should play brothers. Who like swap wives or something.
— Joe Reid (@joereid) May 4, 2016
Shouldn't it be called The Jungle MOVIE!? How has nobody else caught this?
— Chad Hartigan (@chadhartigan) April 27, 2016
No big deal. Just posing with this #LEGEND #jessicalange #longdaysjourneyintonight #tbt from last night's opening. pic.twitter.com/YLRIBxYZxU
— Jessica Chastain (@jes_chastain) April 29, 2016
FINALLY... Tweets on the Tony Nominations and the Met Ball gowns to go!
Nicole Kidman is haute couture Donna Troy. pic.twitter.com/p1kdYzH1l9
— Gavin Mevius (@FriendlessMean) May 3, 2016
I love that Keith Urban always looks like he can't believe he's married to Nicole Kidman. pic.twitter.com/galKuLerU5
— Jose Solís (@josesolismayen) May 3, 2016
Meryl Streep's letter of congratulations to the cast of Hamilton - the women especially. https://t.co/WMKTW6chA3 pic.twitter.com/MctElptPnu
— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) April 28, 2016
The Olsen twins went full David Lynch at last night's #MetBall: https://t.co/trbz4ErWWN pic.twitter.com/yjHQOvYA0l
— PAPER Magazine (@papermagazine) May 3, 2016
Watch Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston have a dance-off at the #MetGala: https://t.co/UvxogUFqBu pic.twitter.com/Q1oAlLuFbw
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) May 3, 2016
A big congrats to the very talented @Lupita_Nyongo on her #TonyAwards nomination! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/CoEab43VB8
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) May 3, 2016
— Danielle Brooks (@thedanieb) May 3, 2016
Reader Comments (5)
Guy for the win. LOL
seeing that pic of my two Jessicas makes me happy.
There is peace in me knowing the two Jessica(s) met.
Hamilton is provoking a strong curiosity in me. Fran Lebowitz who hates the musical genre and reluctant patron of the theater loved it. Now Streep is gushing over it. The tickets for the LA version of the show will be monumentally expensive. I'll just fantasize about Lin-Manuel Miranda and read an elementary school book on the real Alexander Hamilton. Since any age-appropriate literature on him is bound to be boring.
"My wife and my best friend both thought Captain America: Civil War was a superhero movie set during the American civil war."
ME TOO!!!!!!!!!! I didn't understand it
Full disclosure: the only Marvel movie I've seen was the first Iron Man.
Taylor Swift challenging Hiddleston to a dance-off? Oh, that is stupid. No one can out-dance Hiddleston.