He should have played Anakin Skywalker….
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Jonathan Jackson
Simbafan — 16 years ago(August 12, 2009 01:56 AM)
Don't get me wrong, Hayden Christiansen did a fair job as Anakin IMHO, but Jonathan Jackson would have been SUCH a better Anakin. Jackson REALLY knows how to portray believable and real emotion onscreen. Just look at Tuck EverlastingTHAT was Jonathan Jackson at one of, if not, his best! Anybody agree? Disagree?
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GabriellaM — 16 years ago(November 01, 2009 09:20 AM)
He's 5'8", that's a little too short to be the tall intimating Darth Vader, who in the first three original movies was played by David Prowse who is 6'5", Hayden Christensen is supposed to be a young version of Anakin Skywalker and stands at 6'1". I assume Anakin Skywalker grew 4 more inches when we see him years later as Darth Vader.
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Michael_Takes — 14 years ago(July 23, 2011 08:26 AM)
Leonardo DiCaprio should have gotten the role. Lucas was considering him but he thought it would detract from the film considering Leo is now Oscar nominated and Lucas is a joke its obvious Lucas made a bad decision.
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iawen_of_lorien — 14 years ago(September 28, 2011 10:36 PM)
I don't really think it would have made a difference who played Anakin in the prequels. The writing and directing of the prequels was so awful that even the best of actors couldn't elevate it. Anyone playing Anakin with that level of garbage to be forced to work with would have been screwed.
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