We celebrate Hayden Christensen’s birthday by reviewing what the former Anakin Skywalker is up to before he reprises his memorable role.
Hayden Christensen was born on April 19, 1981 in Vancouver, Canada. The son of businessmen, and the third of four brothers, Hayden began to be interested in acting thanks to the theater workshops he attended, urged by his maternal grandmother, during the summer vacations.
After debuting at the age of 12 on Canadian television, it was John Carpenter the one that offered him his first role on the big screen with a small supporting role in ‘in the mouth of fear‘. At that time she also appeared in the series ‘R.L. Stine’s Nightmares‘ and in titles like ‘the virgin suicides‘ (Sofia Coppola, 1999) or ‘the house of my life‘ (Irwin Winkler, 2001).
His big break came when, in 2002, george lucas chose the Canadian among practically every young performer of the moment to embody the Anakin Skywalker from ‘Star Wars – Episode II: Attack of the Clones‘, beating even talented candidates from Leonardo Dicaprio.
With ‘Star Wars – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith‘ Released in 2005, it was time to show that there was life beyond the Force. She tried it with titles like ‘knight apprentice‘ (David Leland, 2007) or ‘wake up‘ (Joby Harold, 2007) but, after the failure of ‘jumper‘ (Doug Liman, 2008), Christensen is officially no longer an interesting asset.
In these more than ten years, the actor has kept trying. ‘Thieves‘ (John Luessenhop, 2010) came close to being taken seriously thanks to the intervention of Idris Elbebut it did not finish starting and our protagonist ended up rolling in the hell of unknown titles in which he lives Nicolas Cage (‘banished’) and Bruce Willis (‘The last shot’).
Luckily (for everyone), the saga that made him international has once again counted on him and he will return to his best-known character in ‘Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi‘, the series for Disney+ that he has directed deborah chow about the Jedi knight in which we will also see Ewan McGregor, Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piese Y Kumail Nanjiani.
“We’ve finished shooting our series and it’s been really, really fun,” says McGregor. “I have really enjoyed working with Deborah Chow. I think it will not disappoint. I think she’s going to be good. I had a lot of fun doing it, and I got to work with really wonderful people, lovely people. The new technology we used to make it is great and it was a different experience than the original three movies I did.”
As if this was not enough, it will also appear in ‘Ahsoka‘, the series about the Jedi that will therefore feature her former master turned Sith Lord. The relationship goes back a long way since Dawson’s desire to join Star Wars comes from decades of friendship with Christensen, with whom she even shared an acting class.
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Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
