One of the highlights of Celebration Orlando was the appearance of Hayden Christensen. After over a decade out of the starlight, Anakin Skywalker himself returned into the welcome arms of fandom, a comeback that was long overdue.
With Hayden returning to our screens alongside Bruce Willis in First Kill, Interview Magazine rerun their 2003 chat with Hayden, a time 14 years ago between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.
DORMENT: Let me ask you about another aspect of my profession—celebrity journalism, of which you are increasingly a subject. You were 19 and virtually unknown when you were cast in the Star Wars movies. Was it a baptism by fire with the press?
CHRISTENSEN: More or less, yes. I have read articles about me where a reporter has exaggerated something that I communicated, but I wouldn’t say there’s ever been a lie told about me.
DORMENT: Yet there was a lot of gossip about you and Natalie [Portman] dating during the filming of the previous Star Wars. You both denied it, but still rumors persisted.
CHRISTENSEN: [laughs] I take it all with a grain of salt. I don’t want to make it a part of my business to have who I’m dating and what I’m doing outside of my working life be a part of my profession.
