Alden Ehrenreich Is Ready to Prove He's Worthy of Han Solo

He knows he can play the 'Star Wars' icon his way. What he can't predict is what will happen once he’s done that. [ view in [browser](. add esquire@newsletter.esquire.com to your address book ] [Esquire]( [Sunday Reads] FOLLOW US [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Pinterest]( [Instagram]( [You Tube]( [Google Plus]( [Alden Ehrenreich Is Ready to Prove He's Worthy of Han Solo]( The next Han Solo walks into a bowling alley on the edge of L. A.'s Koreatown, carrying a flip phone. It's a really nice flip phone. Top of the line. Looks like you could comfortably play Bejeweled on it for hours if you were stuck in an elevator in 2007. But this sort of dumbphone is also the most low-tech gadget you can carry while still being technically on-grid, which is how Alden Ehrenreich has come to prefer it lately. "I had an iPhone," he says, "and then I'd forget my iPhone at home, and I'd be like, God, I feel so good. I'm having such a good day. And then I'd realize, Oh—it's because I'm not checking my email nineteen thousand times." When he has the means to do that, Ehrenreich says, "I'm less able to be where I am, a little bit." [READ MORE]( [MORE FROM ESQUIRE] [Esquire]( [Let's Take It Outside—Right Now!]( Dustbin the laptop, 86 the phone, invite friends over. And follow this guide on how to be a master host. [Read On]( [Esquire]( [Philip Roth Goes Home Again]( In 2010, on the occasion of Philip Roth's thirty-first book, Esquire's Scott Raab returned to the Newark of Roth's boyhood. And there, on Philip Roth Plaza, he couldn't stop laughing. [Read On]( [Esquire]( [4 Easy (and Stylish!) Outfits to Wear to the Beach This Summer]( Because swim trunks are only one part of the equation. [Read On]( [Esquire]( [The Volcanic Eruption in Hawaii Has Produced Some Insane and Terrifying Photos]( Here are some of the most striking. [Read On]( [Esquire]( [The Most Famous (and Infamous) Male Nude Scenes in Film History]( Admit it: You're a little curious. [Read On]( [Unsubscribe]( • [Privacy Policy]( [esquire.com]( ©2018 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. Hearst Email Privacy, 300 W 57th St., Fl. 19 (sta 1-1), New York, NY 10019