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I think that's a trap you can fall into, and it keeps you from doing good work "The whole typecasting thing, I think, is a little outdated But other than that, it was more about making my interpretation believable, which I think is easier when you're not trying to imitate Now there's, like, four every summer gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"><img id="ctrlRateNews_141109_RTS4" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_141109" src="http://entimg It's definitely far more exhausting than making a film, and you experience your character's life in its entirety every single night Even when they first asked me to audition, I was like, Well "I think it was more out of being polite that I said OK, but it was a good excuse to take a day off from school every now and then " And in writer/director =/celebs/celeb Christensen made it this time, and the rest is movie history "I was just really eager I don't know how they did it OK "I didn't really want to give him an arrogance msn "So when I couldn't make the second audition, I wasn't too devastated, because it just seemed so far out of my reach a Long before the Jayson Blair scandal rocked America, Glass was playing fast and loose with journalistic ethics aspx?m=123 class="art">Episode II: Attack of the Clones," a competition that found him up against such high-profile stars as =/celebs/celeb aspx%3fnews%3d141109&subject=MSN Entertainment - News - The Antihero&title=Email+This+Page&type=page" class="vl">Email This Page</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;padding-top:20px;padding-left:15px;"><tr><td><span id="ctrlRateNews_141109" style="visibility:hidden"><input type="hidden" name="rating" value="-1"/><table class="r-outer" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img id="ctrlRateNews_141109_RTI" src="http://entimg It definitely starts to weigh on you after so many performances So I was as sympathetic as possible and really tried to focus more on humanistic aspects of dealing with what he had done and what motivated him to do it: one, because we're making a film about accurate storytelling, and two, because I couldn't meet him so I could never ask why msn And inherently, in playing a con, there are those innate layers of who the person is at the core and what they have to present in order to deceive and create an environment for those lies to exist k When I got the offer, it was just sheer bliss It was a neat part and a great time in my life " He also founded the production company Forest Park Pictures with brother Tove, who later became a producer on "Shattered Glass That's kind of what my intent is, to better myself as an actor and not concern myself with the impact it will have on my career as a whole "I don't see how you could really turn down such a part aspx?c=283007 class="art">Peter Sarsgaard, who begins to unravel Glass' deceptions At age 25, Glass was already an associate editor at The New Republic and contributed to Rolling Stone, George, and Harper's aspx?m=83116 class="art">The Virgin Suicides" or appearances on television, was suddenly the star of the most popular film franchise in history "People need to be held accountable for their actions aspx?c=121495 class="art">Kristen Scott Thomas and walked away with acting nominations from the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild " Asked if he had any advice for actors looking for their big break, he admitted, "I'm still trying to figure it out myself "I kept that picture with me at all times and really managed to derive a lot of my performance from just that still image ) <TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: #fff 1px solid; 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He understands how crazy this must sound to the outside world, and he is quick to add that his behavior was a way of protecting himself You add some nuance and little idiosyncrasies, and you suddenly have a three-dimensional character He still resides in Toronto, close to his family, whom he credited with helping to keep him grounded " In choosing his roles, he has often displayed a complete fearlessness that actors twice his age have yet to master While many performers struggle for years to land their first agent, Christensen stumbled upon his when he was 8 years old aspx?c=309842 class="art">Anna Paquin and =/celebs/celeb aspx?c=318032 class="art">Harrison Ford than =/celebs/celeb gif" width="300" height="250" alt="Summer hotel sale: Book now and save!" border="0" /><!--EndAd--></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><table class="adtbl2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:180px;border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:180px;border-collapse:collapse;padding-top:20px;padding-left:15px;"><tr><td><table class="bg5_1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td class="bg5_2"> </td></tr><tr><td class="bg5_3"><table class="bg5_4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td><table class="mh_outer5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:150px;border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td><table class="mh_inner5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td><span class="mh_txt5r">More in Celebs</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><table class="box_wt5" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:150px;border-collapse:collapse;"><tr><td class="tb5" valign="Top"><a class="vl6" href="/photos/">Photo Galleries</td></tr><tr><td class="tb5" valign="Top"><a class="vl6" href="/interviews/">Celebrity Interviews</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="bg5_2"> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:180px;border-collapse:collapse;padding-top:20px;padding-left:15px;"><tr><td>="/email/?url=http%3a%2f%2fentertainment aspx?c=143385 class="art">Mark Hamill? Even Christensen isn't sure aspx?c=142285 class="art">Billy Ray's current release "=/movies/movie com/0AD0000R/617316 "All my siblings are really well versed on the computer com/i/rt_str-e overture " And if he had any doubts about dredging up the past for Glass, he was ultimately swayed by the power of the story As it turns out, they were I thought I had the day off but I didn't, so I sort of cancelled at the last minute," he admitted gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"><img id="ctrlRateNews_141109_RTS2" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_141109" src="http://entimg " One has to wonder if Christensen is consciously trying to balance his blockbuster franchise with edgier fare It's all really predicated on the stories that appeal to me and the characters that are interesting to me aspx?c=152008 class="art">Hayden Christensen Darth Vader, in two of the "=/movies/movie The actor, who at that point only had a few minor roles in films such as "=/movies/movie msn I had an in to the character and my own take on what apparently motivated him to do this I can see how it had an impact on actor's careers 20 years ago when there weren't a lot of big blockbusters made com/i/rt_str-e aspx?c=36888 class="art">Kevin Kline as a dying architect and Christensen as his resentful son, knew Lucas made the right choice "My sister was a trampolinist who had been asked to do a Pringles commercial and needed to get an agent All this, and the soft-spoken Christensen even appears to be keeping a level head in a crazy industry "I just do what gets me excited," he said with a shrug I wasn't concerned with making sure that I looked exactly like him, though I did want the broad strokes to be more or less accurate msn gif" alt="" height="13" width="71" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 3px"><img id="ctrlRateNews_141109_RTS1" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_141109" src="http://entimg I went along for the ride because there was no babysitter at the time msn He also chose to follow his "Star Wars" experience with not another big-budget blockbuster but by making his professional stage debut in the London production of =/celebs/celeb com/i/rt_str-e com/i/rt_str-e Anyone who caught his work in the 2001 film "=/movies/movie I was kind of a good kid growing up, so this is my one act of rebellion " For an actor who began his profession so young, Christensen doesn't appear to be anywhere near going Hollywood 1??PID=2309267&UIT=G&TargetID=1038707&AN=10873&PG=ENT9AO" target="_blank"><img src="http://global aspx?m=42125 class="art">Life As a House," which starred =/celebs/celeb "Those thoughts never really entered into the equation," he said gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 3px"><span id="ctrlRateNews_141109_RT2" class="r-cap1"> It's not like I'm on a television show where people will see me in one part for 10 years and that's it sure During his break between Episodes II and III, he opted to appear alongside =/celebs/celeb How do you not live with a guilty conscience, knowing that you've brought the most trying part of someone's life to light and committed it to film for someone to walk into a video store and rent whenever they so please?" 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