What if Jonathan Brandis had been casted as Anakin in Star Wars Episode II instead of Hayden Christensen? Is his performance better recieved? Does he decide not to kill himself? Does his career skyrocket? Is the film better recieved?
Anyone could've been a better Anakin than Christensen.
Anyone.
Anyone could've been a better Anakin than Christensen.
Anyone.
What if Jonathan Brandis had been casted as Anakin in Star Wars Episode II instead of Hayden Christensen?
Is his performance better recieved?
Does he decide not to kill himself?
Does his career skyrocket?
Is the film better recieved?
Anakin's character needed to be rewritten more than just adding recast. He should have been a young adult, advanced pilot more than just a podracer, grew up on the moisture farm like Luke did, had a true role in hunting down the Jedi, etc. Hayden wasn't a weak actor the script was terribly written and Lucas' directions were absolute to which he ignored all criticism. It's more about the man who wrote it than who played him.
Honestly, Christensen did as well as anyone could expect given the garbage he had to work with. Lucas wanted to paint Anakin as a bad apple from the start, and have him be an angst-ridden teen. Christensen fit that role perfectly.
There's so much wrong with the prequels beyond acting, such as writing, over-indulgence of special effects, and poor directing.
well, they would of had to recast Anakin, for one.Not to be morbid but what if he got the part, it didn't go well and then he killed himself ?
How might that have shaped the series ?
Maybe they'd then go back to the spirit of the original movies and take a chance on an up and coming actor such as Hayden Christensen.well, they would of had to recast Anakin, for one.