Anakin to stop acting
05-24-05, 05:02 PM
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Anakin to stop acting
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My question... I thought you had to know how to do something before you stopped doing it? 
Star Wars star wants to try another career
May 24, 2005
Hayden Christensen is set to quit acting to become an architect. The Star Wars actor says he plans to swap the big screen for building design - because the movie industry doesn't excite him anymore.
He told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Maybe the new Star Wars will be my last movie. "I don't find Hollywood interesting, so I'm thinking about studying architecture instead."
The heartthrob actor, who plays Anakin Skywalker in the hit movie series, claims that he's had enough of making movies because the industry demands too much from its stars.
The 24-year-old actor, who has been romantically linked with his Star Wars co-star Natalie Portman, also slammed other young actors who are prepared to sell themselves to Hollywood in order to make their career successful.
He added: "A film is a product and as an actor you can only sell it if you sell yourself. "You don't get to sit at the table before you're ready to give away your integrity. Maybe it works for Orlando Bloom. It doesn't for me."
Earlier this month the Canadian-born star revealed how he had to bulk up for his role as Darth Vader in third Star Wars instalment, Revenge of the Sith.
The handsome actor has played the young villain in the past two films - but admitted he wasn't big enough to fill the famous black suit after he transforms into the adult character for the final film.
He said: "Yeah, I'm a bit shorter but they were nice enough to put lifts in the shoes and make a big muscle suit so I could fill it out." - Bang
May 24, 2005
Hayden Christensen is set to quit acting to become an architect. The Star Wars actor says he plans to swap the big screen for building design - because the movie industry doesn't excite him anymore.
He told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Maybe the new Star Wars will be my last movie. "I don't find Hollywood interesting, so I'm thinking about studying architecture instead."
The heartthrob actor, who plays Anakin Skywalker in the hit movie series, claims that he's had enough of making movies because the industry demands too much from its stars.
The 24-year-old actor, who has been romantically linked with his Star Wars co-star Natalie Portman, also slammed other young actors who are prepared to sell themselves to Hollywood in order to make their career successful.
He added: "A film is a product and as an actor you can only sell it if you sell yourself. "You don't get to sit at the table before you're ready to give away your integrity. Maybe it works for Orlando Bloom. It doesn't for me."
Earlier this month the Canadian-born star revealed how he had to bulk up for his role as Darth Vader in third Star Wars instalment, Revenge of the Sith.
The handsome actor has played the young villain in the past two films - but admitted he wasn't big enough to fill the famous black suit after he transforms into the adult character for the final film.
He said: "Yeah, I'm a bit shorter but they were nice enough to put lifts in the shoes and make a big muscle suit so I could fill it out." - Bang
Coming from him, that's a pretty nasty indictment.
05-24-05, 05:31 PM
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Poor baby. 
05-24-05, 06:08 PM
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My question... I thought you had to know how to do something before you stopped doing it?
Ouch on that reference to Orlando Bloom.
05-24-05, 06:22 PM
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According to IMDB, this movie is filming and is due out next year:
The Decameron
Maybe after that movie he's gonna quit... until he's offered a role in Spider-Man 4
The Decameron
Maybe after that movie he's gonna quit... until he's offered a role in Spider-Man 4
05-24-05, 08:12 PM
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He was so-so in the SW movies, but I thought he was pretty decent in his other films. Either way, he should do what makes him happy. But he better realize, he won't be banging chicks like Natalie Portman by being an architect.
05-24-05, 08:45 PM
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I largely attribute the performances of all the actors to the direction and writing of George Lucas. There were occasionally glimpses of great acting in the prequel films, but in other films they have done quite well. For example, I thought Christensen was fantastic in Shattered Glass.
05-24-05, 09:31 PM
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I think the blue screen and having to act with 75% of the set and fellow actors left to his imagination is what killed Christensen, though I just got back from seeing Sith and I thought he was quite decent in it. I think the shift from whiny kid to
helped him a lot too.
Spoiler:
05-24-05, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Breakfast with Girls
I largely attribute the performances of all the actors to the direction and writing of George Lucas.
I've always believed, and always will believe, that Lucas is more of an idea man, a storyteller if you will. I wish that he would just come up with more ideas, then hand that over to better directors and writers. Along the way, it would be fine for him to oversee it. Using his mind for coming up with a story, and his technical knowhow, and put that with a truly fantasic writer and a great director, there is no telling what could really be done at this point. We need more of that.
05-25-05, 08:23 AM
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He's a very talented actor and shows his chops well in Shattered Glass, Life as A House and to a lesser degree in Revenge of The Sith. Hate to see him go cause I think he's got a lot to offer.
05-25-05, 10:50 AM
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i know its selfish of me.. but i like when the star wars actors dont do alot of other movies/television shows
it just doesnt seem right to see them in another role
it just doesnt seem right to see them in another role
