Hayden Christenson does lots of rock stars
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Way
back in October, we heard a rumor that
Hayden Christenson, best known for his non-performance as Anakin Skywalker in two of the Star Wars prequels, had been
cast in Factory Girl as a character based heavily on Bob Dylan. Today Rush and Malloy are saying that this
rumor, whilst once true, now isn't so much. The film's original script included a torrid affair between Dylan and Edie
Sedgwick (to be played by Sienna Miller), but after protests from the Dylan camp that the affair never actually
happened in real life, the script has been rewritten. Christenson's character is now some kind of strange hybrid rock
star, with elements of Dylan, Mick Jagger and Jim Morrisson, apparently, thrown into the mix. Still, the Boy Who Was
Anakin says that Dylan remains his key influence. "I don't want to talk with
him," he said, "But I am watching all his documentaries. I'm doing my homework."
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