Name : Hayden Christensen
Nationality : Canadian
Birth date : April 19, 1981
Birth Place : Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
More About Hayden Christensen :
- Is engaged to Rachel Bilson. (February 2009)
- Stopped eating pork after getting two pet pigs. (March 2008)
- Was ranked #11 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actors list. (2008).
- Named one of People Magazine's 50 Hottest Bachelors in 2005.
- Named one of Teen People Magazine's 25 Hottest Stars Under 25 in 2005.
- George Lucas cleverly made sure Christensen's Darth Vader costume was restrictive in STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH, because he wanted the character to seem awkward. (May 18, 2005)
- A digital rendering of Hayden appears in the 2004 DVD version of STAR WARS: EPISODE VI - RETURN OF THE JEDI (1983), as the spirit of Anakin Skywalker. This replaced Sebastian Shaw as the ghostly image that appears beside Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda at the end of the film. Hayden said in an interview that he had been unaware of this change.
- Born on same day as Colombian actress Catalina Sandino Moreno, the lead in MARIA FULL OF GRACE (2004).
- Was a ball boy at the Canadian Open tennis matches. Jumped out too soon during a match in which John McEnroe was playing, causing an interruption in play.
- He, his brother and their friends kidnap one another on each of their birthdays, drive to a location unknown to the birthday-boy and then spend the day riding dirt-bikes.
- Supports Manchester United Football Club.
- His Canadian father is of Danish and English ancestry, while his American mother is half Italian and half Swedish. His Italian maternal grandmother hails from Brooklyn.
- His favorite scenes to film in STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005) were the scenes in which he acted with Ian McDiarmid.
- Competed with his sister Hejsa Christensen (the captain), brother Tove Christensen and a family friend in Eco-Challenge Fiji Islands (2003). The Eco-Challenge consists of a 500-kilometer (300 miles) race that included the tasks of hiking, swimming, kayaking and mountain biking their way through the Fiji archipelago. Only 23 out of 81 teams finished this race. Christensen was one of the youngest competitors in the race.
- Is the only actor to have portrayed Anakin Skywalker and his Sith alter ego, Darth Vader, in the same movie, STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005). All other times, Anakin and Vader have been played by different actors.
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