Alden Ehrenreich excited to work with Donald Glover in Han Solo film

Alden Ehrenreich will be playing the lead role in the Han Solo film and the actor is excited to share the screen space with Donald Glover.

Glover will play a young Lando Calrissian in the standalone project, reported ET online.

"I'm really excited to work with him. I think he's going to be great in the role. He's such an interesting guy and a wonderful actor. He's just going to do something with that role that I think is going to be really exciting for everybody," Ehrenreich, 26, said.

Both Glover and Ehrenreich will be stepping into the roles made famous by Billy Dee Williams and Harrison Ford, respectively.