I can't believe this man got so much hate when he did Star Wars. He's so underrated. This film gave Hayden so much room to improvise and take it a little further with his character. He was so young and was good at understanding nuance in the character's he's playing.
@@corinnedrake3628 Actually he did this between ATOC and ROTS. In fact Hayden was juggling doing this movie and doing reshoots for AOTC at the same time. I remember seeing a quote where Hayden said that when he returned to the Star Wars set with jet black hair, George Lucas took one look at him and said “I hope you can get rid of that,”
Easily one of his best performances and one of my top five favorites that Hayden has done. In order they are: 1). Higher Ground 2). Awake 3). Life as a House 4). Revenge of the Sith 5). Shattered Glass
13:44 Hayden talks about how he got to explore more with this role than as Anakin in the Star Wars prequels. I love him in both for different reasons, but you can see his powerful delivery and handling of inner conflict shine through much more when he’s given more flexibility like this. A truly talented, humble, and hardworking actor who deserves more recognition and more films!
Wish Hayden had done films like this instead of lowering himself to the nerd Star Wars films. Would have seen a lot of good roles that we were robbed of because he was bullied. 6:45 you can even tell he didn't really like the script in Star Wars. Hopefully we see him in more projects like this now that he is back in acting.
Exactly, somehow his fanbase loves to see him in action movies, if he’s getting a second chance I hope he doesn’t get stuck in shitty actions films, he was 20 years younger but already proving his skills in films like this or Shattered Glass, he’s still young and it would be really sad that his only two remarkable roles apart from Anakin would be Sam and Stephen Glass, roles done when he was barely starting.
