STAR WARS Icon Hayden Christensen May Be Gearing Up For Acting Return After Signing With Talent Agency

STAR WARS Icon Hayden Christensen May Be Gearing Up For Acting Return After Signing With Talent Agency

Hayden Christensen has received widespread acclaim for his work in Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka, but the fact he's signed with a talent agency has led to speculation he's ready for a full-blown comeback...

By JoshWilding - Dec 01, 2023 06:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: SFFGazette.com

Following the release of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in 2005, Hayden Christensen only appeared in a handful of movies and struggled to shake off the huge shadow cast over his career by Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader. 

As the years went by, he started taking on fewer roles, making his "comeback" in 2022's Obi-Wan Kenobi. Earlier this year, Christensen received even more screentime as Anakin in Ahsoka, receiving widespread critical acclaim and a huge amount of love from fans. 

That wasn't really the case in the mid-2000s, but the tide has changed and it appears he's mulling over a return to performing beyond just the Star Wars franchise. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter (via SFFGazette.com) Christensen has signed with Independent Artist Group for representation. IAG CEO Jim Osborne said in a statement, "Ed Limato and I signed Hayden Christensen early in his career and it’s wonderful to be reunited with my old friend."

Regina Hall, William H. Macy, John Cusack, Terrence Howard, Donnie Yen, and Martin Lawrence are among the talents who have signed with IAG this year, so Christensen finds himself in good - and undeniably talented - company. 

What comes next for him remains to be seen, though we're sure many of you will be excited at the prospect of Christensen taking on roles beyond just Anakin; how much fun would it be to see him in the Marvel or DC Universes, for example? 

Recently, Ahsoka showrunner Dave Filoni talked about bringing the actor back to Star Wars and elaborated on what he brought to the table as the title character's mentor (a relationship the filmmaker first explored, sans Christensen, in The Clone Wars animated series). 

"He had done a lot of watching and he’s talked about that, and we just discussed this isn’t really a story about Anakin, but it’s important how Ahsoka sees Anakin - because this is her lived experience. Your story was already told in George’s saga, that’s done. But it is important for her because you’re her mentor. And you have to be both."

"I was always saying you have to be the great person that she admired, that we all admired, that when I was a kid and I heard Luke’s father was Anakin Skywalker, and I was like 'He must’ve been the greatest Jedi ever,' let’s fulfill that promise, because we saw you be young, we saw you be adventurous, but really fall to the dark side."

"But let’s show you as the heroic older brother, the person that kinda cracks wise and makes jokes and, you know, can be serious, but completely cavalier. He was all for it, he dove so far into it, it was almost...you know, just amazing. It gave me pause just to stand there and look at him in the costume, standing next to Ariana, because in my mind, it’s really no different, no matter what the medium was. The image is always Anakin with Ahsoka."

What do you hope to see from Christensen on screen moving forward? 

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Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 12/1/2023, 6:10 AM
Guy is a great actor, deserves more roles outside of Star Wars.
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 12/1/2023, 6:28 AM
Good for him. He wasn't as stiff in OW and Ahsoka call he was in the SW films.

I'd love to see him in the DCU some day. Maybe Plastic Man or Shade, maybe even Metallo if he bulked up for that role.

In the end, I wish him the best.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 12/1/2023, 8:46 AM
@lazlodaytona - Or Richard Ryder in the MCU if Nova ever shows up.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 12/1/2023, 9:02 AM
@Urubrodi - hadn't thought of that, but I like that a lot. If not James Marsden, Hayden would be solid too
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 12/2/2023, 5:19 AM
@Urubrodi - That's a good choice too.
cilliannolan7
cilliannolan7 - 12/8/2023, 7:00 PM
@bkmeijer1 - James Marsden should get a second chance as Cyclops as a Variant in Deadpool. Hayden would be perfect for Nova.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 12/8/2023, 7:05 PM
@cilliannolan7 - I definitely wanna see Marsden as Cyclops again. If they're putting him in a visor, he deserves a second one with Cyclops
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 12/1/2023, 6:45 AM
https://www.cbr.com/disney-boss-bob-iger-too-many-sequels/

Man, Iger just trying to piss off everyone?! The fans, the behind the scenes people, the actors and directors have the right to be irritated with this guy. There's truth to hit statements a bit but saying to media is asinine. The comments she be in an office meeting and discuss these things professionally.
BigPhilbowski
BigPhilbowski - 12/1/2023, 6:52 AM
Terrible actor who's being praised now by the very same people who shit on him for nearly 2 decades
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 12/1/2023, 7:02 AM
[frick]ing love this guys renaissance rn. Deserves after being shat on by the very same people praising him now for 20 years
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/1/2023, 7:10 AM
He is a good actor, just not in the Star Wars prequels.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 12/1/2023, 8:47 AM
@marvel72 - He wasn't that bad in Revenge of the Sith and I'd blame the script and dialogue more in Attack of the Clones than his acting (although not great).
cilliannolan7
cilliannolan7 - 12/8/2023, 7:05 PM
@marvel72 - no one was good in the prequels. We should start blaming the talentless hack George Lucas. Can’t do anything without his wife helping him
DannyDischarge
DannyDischarge - 12/1/2023, 9:16 AM
His acting was terrible in all the Star Wars movies he’s been in. He was also really bad in 2009’s “Awake”
cilliannolan7
cilliannolan7 - 12/8/2023, 6:59 PM
@DannyDischarge - He was fantastic in Awake incel. He was also fantastic in Shattred Glass and Life as a House. U seem like a jealous jobless nerd
MrDandy
MrDandy - 12/1/2023, 9:37 AM
Good for him. The prequels did him dirty. He was great in a lot of things outside of playing Anakin and his return to the character under different direction shows he could have been great.

Let the redemption run continue
Thing94
Thing94 - 12/1/2023, 10:05 AM
Jumper 2? Lol
The1st
The1st - 12/1/2023, 12:53 PM
@Thing94 - aw man, just realized I repressed that memory lol
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 12/1/2023, 10:14 AM
cilliannolan7
cilliannolan7 - 12/8/2023, 7:02 PM
If it’s gonna be DC I would love to see Hayden play a Batman Villain for Matt Reeves. Would love to see Hayden under a caliber director like Matt Reeves. He hasn’t really had a good director to work with since Billy Ray in Shattred Glass which is fantastic movie.

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