ELLE MAGAZINE


November 2001

Hayden Christense shares an unusual amount of space between familiar and famous. Following up roles on TV's Higher Ground and in the film The Virgin Suicides, the twenty-year old Canadian shines in the current movie Life As A House as a hard-to-handle teen getting to know his dying father (Kevin Kline). But the clear before-and-after of Christensen's caeer will center around his role as Anakin Skywalker in the next two Star Wars prequels. "When I work, I become a recluse," says Christensen, who recently launched a production company with his older brother so that he could "take hold" of his career. "That's why if it's some flaky film, it's a real waste of time."