Hayden Christensen could also be identified for taking part in Anakin Skywalker now, however he was satisfied the enduring function was going to another person — Leonardo DiCaprio.
I had heard that they’d met with Leonardo and a bunch of different actors,” Christensen, 42, revealed throughout a Wednesday, February 28, interview with Empire. “That simply confirmed my thought that the function would go to a different actor.
Christensen added that whereas he did wish to painting Anakin Skywalker within the Star Wars prequel, he was so satisfied that he wouldn’t be solid that he by no means even let himself daydream concerning the chance.
“By way of all the auditioning course of, I had instructed myself, from day one, that I wasn’t going to get the half,” he defined. “It simply wasn’t a chance. And I believe that most likely helped me loads, as a result of it simply freed me up in lots of methods.”
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Earlier than Christensen stepped into Anakin’s footwear, a collection of different actors auditioned. Whereas DiCpario, 49, in the end felt it wasn’t the correct challenge for him — “I didn’t really feel able to take that dive at that time,” he instructed Shortlist in 2015 — different younger ‘90s stars comparable to Devon Sawa, Ryan Phillippe, James Van Der Beek and Paul Walker all went out for the function.
Christensen was in the end picked to painting the younger Jedi turned villainous Darth Vader within the George Lucas franchise, starring in 2002’s Episode II: Assault of the Clones alongside Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman. He reprised the function for Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, which premiered in 2005.
After the primary movie hit theaters, it acquired combined reactions. Christensen confessed he didn’t see the backlash coming, which included preliminary harsh evaluations of his appearing and his dialogue.
“The character was criticized, my efficiency was criticized, and that half sucked,” he recalled. “I [had] watched the movie, and I beloved it. It was all the things I needed and extra. And I didn’t perceive the disconnect between the film that I noticed, and the negativity in a few of the evaluations.
He continued, “George Lucas creates such a singular world the place all the things is so particular, from the way in which these characters look and the way in which that they discuss, and I really feel like generally folks lose sight of that and so they count on them to talk the identical means that we communicate – and that’s not what we had been going for.”
Regardless of the criticism, Christensen in the end selected to return for Disney+’s, Obi-Wan Kenobi collection reverse McGregor, 52, in 2022. He later appeared on the streaming service’s Ahsoka, starring Rosario Dawson.
“Once we completed doing the prequels, it felt like that was it, and my journey with the character was over,” Christensen mentioned. “So to get to return again now and do extra with Anakin and Darth Vader was a tremendous alternative. I’m very grateful for the work that I obtained to do.”
He added, “[It] was a bucket-list merchandise I didn’t even know I hadThe journey that I’ve been on with Star Wars over the past 20 plus years… it’s been a wild journey, and the place we’re at now could be actually significant to me.
