The other night I decided to go to a party that I had been invited to at the last minute. I threw on the final touches, grabbed my keys and the set of directions I had been given; drove the few blocks to pick up my boyfriend and set out on my merry little way. We pulled up a winding narrow street in the hills (streets like these are infamous in Hollywood, not only for the parties that they are privy to, but for their severe lack of parking). Needless to say, it was quite a hike to the festivities in question. As the doors opened and we stepped inside the Spanish style casa, my heart sort of jumped into my throat and for a split second and then it hit me. This is Hayden Christensen's party. I just walked into Darth Vader's house. I looked over at my boyfriend… he was thinking the same thing. This soft-spoken, twenty year old actor has really earned the right to party in the last year and a half. After securing a place in history with the starring role in the up coming George Lucas epic, he's become the toast and the talk of the town. He's defiantly been a busy boy, yet he took the time to give me a tour of his new house (He shares his new abode with his brother Tove, 28. Tove is also an actor).
As we were walking through the array of dens and game rooms (and past the Buddhist monk. I swear there was a monk there, I have no idea where he came from, but every time I turned around, there he was), I took good note of this man who would be king and it was there, plain as day: the "IT". All movie stars have "IT". I've written about "IT". "IT" is simply pouring out of this guy. He has a certain something particular to only him that will make his audience wondering for as long as he is on the screen. Something in his demeanor lets you know that although he's not hiding anything, there is more than meets the eye (it's a quality very similar to that of James Dean: cool… mysterious).
I had never really had the chance to talk to him before this particular night and I was sort of taken aback by how down to earth he was. He was commenting on the fact that nowadays scripts sort of magically appear at his agency with his name on them. He was awestruck and (seemingly) a little annoyed by the fact that he may no longer have to audition for parts that he once coveted. Granted, he is doing his venting just as Kevin Kline (who he will star opposite of in the upcoming "Life as a House") sticks his head in to say hello. Between you and me, I don't think things are that rough. And funnily enough, I think Hayden, for his momentary bitch session, knows it too.
This kid knows that he's talented, he's probably on to the fact that he's damn fine looking, but most importantly, I think he knows that he just hit the jackpot. He'll use this opportunity to his advantage I'm sure, but, he's the kind of kid that won't take advantage of it, ya know? He just seems like a really good guy… with a really great house
By Megahn Perry