Hayden Christensen Takes Shot at 'Star Wars' Movies

[Brian Damage]

Hayden Christensen will not take part in any future Star Wars movies - because the sci-fi franchise stifled his creativity. The Jumper star played Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the Star Wars prequel trilogy - but he has vowed never again to work with director George Lucas on big budget sci-fi projects.

He tells New York Daily News, "It wasn't necessarily anything you could feel good about creatively. It's not why you become an actor, to do stuff like that."

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/02/20/2008-02-20_surveillance_later_vader.html

[Stuck In The '70's]

Oh give me a break. If it wasn't for SW nobody would know who this clown is. I haven't seen him in anything since. Heck most people didn't think he was that great in the movies anyway. And I don't think their was going to be be anymore SW movies anyway. The guy sounds like an ungrateful brat.

[comedyfreak]

[over acts] I HATE YOU! :D He wasn't that great.

[Dean Winchester]

I understand a bit. Yes, the Star Wars movies are massively successful but outside of Harrison Ford and Ewan McGregor (and they both had careers pre-SW), most of the main SW actors get typecast and wind up with straight to video careers (Mark Hamill, let's not even talk about the kid who was Anakin in episode 1). I can understand Hayden's frustration, but he's finally getting the last laugh with Jumper doing well, but it took him three years after Sith to even get another role, if that says anything.

[TJL]

Nice attitude, Padawan.

;)

[waichingliu81]

what is this guy on about? let's face it, if it wasn't for star wars, we wouldn't know who hayden is and secondly, it catipulted him into hollywood status. he should stop acting like a baby by throwing his toys out of the pram and get on with his career and life, instead of bitching and whining :mad:

[waichingliu81]

[QUOTE=comedyfreak][over acts] I HATE YOU! :D QUOTE]

:crybaby:



:brent

[Stuck In The '70's]

what is this guy on about? let's face it, if it wasn't for star wars, we wouldn't know who hayden is and secondly, it catipulted him into hollywood status. he should stop acting like a baby by throwing his toys out of the pram and get on with his career and life, instead of bitching and whining :mad:
exactly...I don't hear Natalie Portman complaining. The fact is he isn't that great of an actor and if their were any more SW movies then I'm sure the voice of James Earl Jones would be Darth Vader. lol He knew what he was getting into when he agreed to be in SW. He sounds like some of these tv stars that are so embarrassed by the show that made them a star to begin with.

[waichingliu81]

exactly...I don't hear Natalie Portman complaining. The fact is he isn't that great of an actor and if their were any more SW movies then I'm sure the voice of James Earl Jones would be Darth Vader. lol He knew what he was getting into when he agreed to be in SW. He sounds like some of these tv stars that are so embarrassed by the show that made them a star to begin with.

besides, staring in the star wars movies is nothing to be ashamed. it is one of the most successful movie francises in history, raking in millions of $ and one of the most famous worldwide. hayden should be thanking his lucky stars he got his big break in these movies. judging by his comments, he sounds rather immature

[Dean Winchester]

okay, I'll be the first to finally say it. Star Wars is overrated!!!!

Yes, they're good but they aren't worthy of the worship they get, being watched 3000 times and have every single frame be overanalyzed. The fans take it too far, they're not THAT great of movies, especially the last three.

I can understand why Hayden DOES NOT want to become the next Mark Hamill or Jake Lloyd. They're both typecast for life and Mark is stuck in z-movies, and Jake was expected to be the next Macauley Culkin but instead did practically nothing afterwards.

[Stuck In The '70's]

okay, I'll be the first to finally say it. Star Wars is overrated!!!!

Yes, they're good but they aren't worthy of the worship they get, being watched 3000 times and have every single frame be overanalyzed. The fans take it too far, they're not THAT great of movies, especially the last three.

I can understand why Hayden DOES NOT want to become the next Mark Hamill or Jake Lloyd. They're both typecast for life and Mark is stuck in z-movies, and Jake was expected to be the next Macauley Culkin but instead did practically nothing afterwards.
The films have lasted for over thirty years and are as great today as they ever were. I respect your opinion but fans and even critics agree that the original movies were some of the best ever made. The prequels were not as good except the last one. One of the reason is probably the actors. Jake Lloyd and Hayden Christensen are both overrated. Loyd is a terrible actor. The only other movie of his I ever saw was Jingle All The Way and Arnold stole that movie. It's hard to believe anyone would think he'd be another Macauley Culkin. Hayden was very wooden through most of Attack of The Clones. He was better in the final one though. The fact is he knew what SW was when he decided to accept the role. If it wasn't for SW would anybody even know who this guy was? I have more sympathy with Mark Hamill because he didn't know the phenomenon it was going to be. It seems like Hayden was okay as long as he was the new guy in town but now that it's over it's okay to trash George Lucas and all Star Wars for that. It isn't their fault. It seems like Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor are doing okay...of course they're better actors. Their was really no reason for him to say anything anyway because their isn't going to be anymore SW movies and if their were he sure wouldn't be in it anyway. All it does is upset the few fans he has. As for the original series, their was no doubt in my mind then that Harrison Ford was going to be a star after seeing him in that movie. He just stole it from Mark Hamill. I like Mark though and I've never seen him trash the movie that made him famous. It's too bad Hayden couldn't learn something from him.

[HuntingtonM15]

I'm personally not a Star Wars fan, but I have heard from fans that they did not enjoy him in the films, and I'm pretty sure he's even won Razzies for them. But in general, I do enjoy him as an actor. I thought he was great in both Life as a House and Shattered Glass. I hope he has some more success in the future.

[Dean Winchester]

The films have lasted for over thirty years and are as great today as they ever were. I respect your opinion but fans and even critics agree that the original movies were some of the best ever made. The prequels were not as good except the last one. One of the reason is probably the actors. Jake Lloyd and Hayden Christensen are both overrated. Loyd is a terrible actor. The only other movie of his I ever saw was Jingle All The Way and Arnold stole that movie. It's hard to believe anyone would think he'd be another Macauley Culkin. Hayden was very wooden through most of Attack of The Clones. He was better in the final one though. The fact is he knew what SW was when he decided to accept the role. If it wasn't for SW would anybody even know who this guy was? I have more sympathy with Mark Hamill because he didn't know the phenomenon it was going to be. It seems like Hayden was okay as long as he was the new guy in town but now that it's over it's okay to trash George Lucas and all Star Wars for that. It isn't their fault. It seems like Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor are doing okay...of course they're better actors. Their was really no reason for him to say anything anyway because their isn't going to be anymore SW movies and if their were he sure wouldn't be in it anyway. All it does is upset the few fans he has. As for the original series, their was no doubt in my mind then that Harrison Ford was going to be a star after seeing him in that movie. He just stole it from Mark Hamill. I like Mark though and I've never seen him trash the movie that made him famous. It's too bad Hayden couldn't learn something from him.

Ewan and Natalie both had careers going for them before Episode 1 though. Harrison probably saved his career by taking Indiana Jones and Blade Runner before Return Of The Jedi finished the original franchise. Mark and Carrie weren't quite so lucky, even tho Carrie did do fine as the "neurotic best friend" typecast (which she even poked fun at when she guested on Ellen as herself a number of years back). You would think that after starring in three of the biggest movies in history, that Mark Hamill would've had his pick of any script possible (I mean, Leonardo DiCaprio sat around and rested on his laurels for several years after Titanic, yet was able to get the pick of any script he wanted when he decided he wanted to work again), yet instead people only see Luke Skywalker and he's been relegated to low-budget straight to video fare for the past 20 years. I can understand why Hayden doesn't want to go the way of Mark, he's still young, he's still handsome, he can still improve as an actor. He'd rather have Anakin Skywalker be one of his characters and not be typecast as Anakin until the day he dies. Hell, it took him until now to get Jumper since everyone thinks of him from SW and nothing more, so it took 3 years after Sith to get a starring role in a movie.

[Stuck In The '70's]

Ewan and Natalie both had careers going for them before Episode 1 though. Harrison probably saved his career by taking Indiana Jones and Blade Runner before Return Of The Jedi finished the original franchise. Mark and Carrie weren't quite so lucky, even tho Carrie did do fine as the "neurotic best friend" typecast (which she even poked fun at when she guested on Ellen as herself a number of years back). You would think that after starring in three of the biggest movies in history, that Mark Hamill would've had his pick of any script possible (I mean, Leonardo DiCaprio sat around and rested on his laurels for several years after Titanic, yet was able to get the pick of any script he wanted when he decided he wanted to work again), yet instead people only see Luke Skywalker and he's been relegated to low-budget straight to video fare for the past 20 years. I can understand why Hayden doesn't want to go the way of Mark, he's still young, he's still handsome, he can still improve as an actor. He'd rather have Anakin Skywalker be one of his characters and not be typecast as Anakin until the day he dies. Hell, it took him until now to get Jumper since everyone thinks of him from SW and nothing more, so it took 3 years after Sith to get a starring role in a movie.
Carrie was great in the Burbs..one of my favorite movies. :lol: I can understand his frustration. I just don't think it serves any purpose to trash the franchise now. It doesn't do any good. I like Mark. I have no idea why he didn't become a big star other than SW. He had the looks and he was very popular in the late 70's. I don't know why some people are typecast and some aren't. It's just the way it goes I guess. It happens on tv all the time too.

[TJL]

I like Mark. I have no idea why he didn't become a big star other than SW. He had the looks and he was very popular in the late 70's. I don't know why some people are typecast and some aren't. It's just the way it goes I guess. It happens on tv all the time too.

I think Mark's accident after Star Wars hindered his career. His face was completely changed after that accident, and I think he lost that boyish look he had in the first movie.

I think Hamill has had a pretty good career. He didn't make a bajillion dollars like Harrisom Ford, but he is now a God in the cartoon voiceover community. Plus he's been in countless plays, written comic books; he's a busy guy.

[Dr. Thong]

This coming from the guy who ruined Anakin for me. Maybe George Lucas will digitally wipe him out when his movies are released on Blu-Ray DVD and replace him with an actual actor.:rolleyes:

[Stuck In The '70's]

This coming from the guy who ruined Anakin for me. Maybe George Lucas will digitally wipe him out when his movies are released on Blu-Ray DVD and replace him with an actual actor.:rolleyes:
:lol:

[Skywalker]

I think Hayden's an idiot for trashing Star Wars and Lucas. I bet he just loves all that money he made from those movies though. :rolleyes: I doubt Lucas would want to work with him again anyway. Hayden was a nobody before Attack of the Clones and Lucas gave him the opportunity of a lifetime. For him to attack a franchise that made him a well known actor is just absurd. If it weren't for Star Wars, I don't think anyone would even know who Hayden is today.

[Janice]

Never heard of the guy.

[Courtnee]

Hayden Christensen will not take part in any future Star Wars movies - because the sci-fi franchise stifled his creativity. The Jumper star played Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the Star Wars prequel trilogy - but he has vowed never again to work with director George Lucas on big budget sci-fi projects.

He tells New York Daily News, "It wasn't necessarily anything you could feel good about creatively. It's not why you become an actor, to do stuff like that."

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/02/20/2008-02-20_surveillance_later_vader.html
WTF? STIFLED YOUR CREATIVITY?!
God damn it, if someone is willing to pay you MILLIONS of dollars to be in a famous franchise, you shut your lips and put your creativity on the back burner.

Idiot. He has his head so far up his ass that all he knows is ****.

[waichingliu81]

personally, the star wars movies- star wars- the new hope, the empire strikes back and return of the jedi are miles better than the other three, the phantom menace, attack of the clones and revenge of the sith. well, perhaps excluding the last one, because the plot in that movie was far more interesting

[waichingliu81]

This coming from the guy who ruined Anakin for me. Maybe George Lucas will digitally wipe him out when his movies are released on Blu-Ray DVD and replace him with an actual actor.:rolleyes:

hayden was so wooden as anakin, he really didn't add anything to that character to make him stand out against obi wan. attack of the clones was one of the most boring films i had to sit through when i saw it on dvd and a waste of money it was too

[waichingliu81]

I think Hayden's an idiot for trashing Star Wars and Lucas. I bet he just loves all that money he made from those movies though. :rolleyes: I doubt Lucas would want to work with him again anyway. Hayden was a nobody before Attack of the Clones and Lucas gave him the opportunity of a lifetime. For him to attack a franchise that made him a well known actor is just absurd. If it weren't for Star Wars, I don't think anyone would even know who Hayden is today.

he is still practically a nobody in many people's eyes. you're right, he wasn't moaning when he got paid to act in those movies did he?

[Dr. Thong]

hayden was so wooden as anakin, he really didn't add anything to that character to make him stand out against obi wan. attack of the clones was one of the most boring films i had to sit through when i saw it on dvd and a waste of money it was too

Not to mention that he had no chemistry with Natalie Portman. This woman is supposed to be the great love of his life and he almost comes off like a stalker. She always seems uneasy around him.

[Stuck In The '70's]

Not to mention that he had no chemistry with Natalie Portman. This woman is supposed to be the great love of his life and he almost comes off like a stalker. She always seems uneasy around him.
He probably wanted to use the same acting style as Jake Lloyd....awful. :lol:

[Janice]

he had no chemistry with Natalie because he's a closeted homosexual. I've heard lots of gossip and rumors
Gossip and rumors is just BS with no facts. Even if it was true, gay actors play straight people convincingly all the time. Saying otherwise certainly doesn't advance the cause of gays in the entertainment industry. This is surprising, coming from you.

[Dr. Thong]

Gossip and rumors is just BS with no facts. Even if it was true, gay actors play straight people convincingly all the time. Saying otherwise certainly doesn't advance the cause of gays in the entertainment industry. This is surprising, coming from you.

Watch David Hyde Pierce in the early years of Frasier when he was secretly pining away for Daphne. There were scenes between them that were genuinely touching and I bought into them as a couple.

I just think Hayden Christensen is a stiff actor. Whether he's gay or not doesn't matter to me. Nor should it matter to anyone else.

[Dean Winchester]

well, whatever Hayden's sexuality is, the pairing of Anakin and Amidala was really disgusting, even if Hayden is actually slightly OLDER than Natalie in real life. The characters first met when he was like eight and she was seventeen/eighteen, and she was like a "big sister" type to him, and then suddenly ten years pass and he's legal and they fall in love. It's very teacher/student if you ask me.

[waichingliu81]

well, whatever Hayden's sexuality is, the pairing of Anakin and Amidala was really disgusting, even if Hayden is actually slightly OLDER than Natalie in real life. The characters first met when he was like eight and she was seventeen/eighteen, and she was like a "big sister" type to him, and then suddenly ten years pass and he's legal and they fall in love. It's very teacher/student if you ask me.

that sounds like incest to me

[Dean Winchester]

that sounds like incest to me
I agree. I think the audiences would've championed their love story better if just three years earlier, they didn't see them meeting as a little boy and a girl in her late teens. Granted, there are a lot of relationships out there where one is 10-20 years older than the other, but they usually didn't first meet when the younger one was 7-8 years old. You almost wonder if Woody Allen was a ghost-writer for their love story, but then... their dialogue was a bit too stiff to be Woody. :lol:

[waichingliu81]

I agree. I think the audiences would've championed their love story better if just three years earlier, they didn't see them meeting as a little boy and a girl in her late teens. Granted, there are a lot of relationships out there where one is 10-20 years older than the other, but they usually didn't first meet when the younger one was 7-8 years old. You almost wonder if Woody Allen was a ghost-writer for their love story, but then... their dialogue was a bit too stiff to be Woody. :lol:

:lol: but seriously though, aren't anakin and amidala around the same age as each other?

[Dean Winchester]

:lol: but seriously though, aren't anakin and amidala around the same age as each other?
in real life, Hayden is several months older than Natalie Portman. But in the Star Wars universe, she is supposed to be about ten years older than him as they originally met in Episode 1 as an eight year old and a seventeen/eighteen year old

[waichingliu81]

in real life, Hayden is several months older than Natalie Portman. But in the Star Wars universe, she is supposed to be about ten years older than him as they originally met in Episode 1 as an eight year old and a seventeen/eighteen year old

ah ok. and so a teenage girl and a 8 year old have the hots for each other, then?! makes me wanna puke:

[Dean Winchester]

ah ok. and so a teenage girl and a 8 year old have the hots for each other, then?! makes me wanna puke:
they didn't have the hots for each other until episode 2, which was ten years after the fact. But regardless, the fact she was like a big sister to him in episode 1 and she knew him so young made it creepy when he was legal and they hooked up and married.

[Dr. Thong]

Amidala was supposed to be fourteen in Episode I. She made reference in Episode II to be the youngest Queen elected in Naboo.

God, I feel like such a nerd for posting this!!

[Dean Winchester]

Amidala was supposed to be fourteen in Episode I. She made reference in Episode II to be the youngest Queen elected in Naboo.

God, I feel like such a nerd for posting this!!
well, that's slightly less gross. She looked 17-18 (probably because Portman was that age), that's probably why I figured she was that instead of 14.