Richiepiep
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I didn't know that Justin Berfield was one of the boys auditioning for the role of Anakin Skywalker in "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace", back in 1997.
Watch for evidence!
Three thousand kids invited, Justin and Haley Joel Osment (!) among them, and they chose ... Jake Lloyd!
Well, I guess that's something to be expected from George Lucas who can make even great actors like Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor look like amateurs. As you can see, Jake is actually not doing too badly. I guess George's more interested in filling up the screens with chaotic CGI (because he can!) than writing a single decent line of dialogue or dealing properly with living actors as opposed to dummies, ghouls and robots.
Anyway, I thought the whole idea of showing Anakin as a tiny kid for a whole movie was injudicious anyway, they should have shown him as a young teen, which would have made a lot more sense acting-wise.
Rich
Watch for evidence!
Three thousand kids invited, Justin and Haley Joel Osment (!) among them, and they chose ... Jake Lloyd!
Well, I guess that's something to be expected from George Lucas who can make even great actors like Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor look like amateurs. As you can see, Jake is actually not doing too badly. I guess George's more interested in filling up the screens with chaotic CGI (because he can!) than writing a single decent line of dialogue or dealing properly with living actors as opposed to dummies, ghouls and robots.
Anyway, I thought the whole idea of showing Anakin as a tiny kid for a whole movie was injudicious anyway, they should have shown him as a young teen, which would have made a lot more sense acting-wise.
Rich
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