Ladies and Gentlemen, Anakin Skywalker!
It's official and for all to see on the Official Site here.
This is what the man himself (Hayden Christensen, of course!) had to say: "I was just waking up and my roommate walked in and handed me the phone and it was my agent and manager, and they were pretty excited, so I knew as soon as I got on the phone," Christensen said. "I walked outside just stunned and in disbelief. I called my mom first thing, and my roommate started blaring the Star Wars soundtrack in the background. I didn't want to tell my mom right off, but of course she heard the music and started flipping out," he laughed.
"I'm looking forward to working with Hayden," Lucas said. "He did a great screen test with Natalie last weekend. He is very talented, has a great command of his craft, and I know that he has the physical and emotional attributes to play Anakin Skywalker at perhaps the most complex stage of Anakin's life."
"I couldn't be happier about the selection of Hayden," McCallum said. "He is a wonderful actor and has a great intensity. And I know we're in for some really great scenes between Natalie and Hayden." Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner.
Another interesting
bit of news.
I just made a WHOIS search on haydenchristensen domain names and found
this
haydenchristensen.com
- registered Jan 15
haydenchristensen.net - registered April 23
haydenchristensen.org - registered MAY 7 !!! Wasn't
us!
Latest:
Hayden was featured in the lates On
Location and George
Lucas Select!
A few links
to stories on other sites:
Yahoo!
News on the Official announcement.
Yahoo! News on the initial rumors after the screening at Skywalker Ranch
Almost Official confirmation by Hayden's Executive Producer on Higher
Ground
