Hayden Christensen, best known for his Star Wars role as Anakin Skywalker or Darth Vader, hasn’t let his daughter on set to see his character yet. Understandably, Darth Vader is not exclusively for kids but the actor will let her see him playing the character when she reaches an appropriate age.
The entire Star Wars franchise is the manifestation of Lightsaber battles, it is sort of responsible for making the franchise epic making it the ultimate cinematic emblem of the franchise. Christensen’s daughter once saw her father in a Lightsaber battle and she was concerned for the well-being of the actor.
Hayden Christensen’s Daughter Never Seen Her Father Playing The Iconic Star Wars Character
Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen’s daughter, Briar Rose Christensen was worried about her father after she got into a practice battle with the Star Wars star. Appearing on Variety’s Actors on Actors, Christensen revealed behind-the-scenes stories of his character to Andor star Diego Luna in great detail. When Luna asked Christensen if he kept a Darth Vader outfit, the Canadian actor said, “It hasn’t happened yet.” Also, his eight-year-old daughter has never seen him playing the character.
“She knows that I’m in ‘Star Wars’ and that I play this character, but she’s never seen it yet. So, I’m getting to that. I’m trying to figure out the best sort of point of entry… ‘Cause there’s some- – It’s not gonna be simple… There’s some disturbing scenes that I, you know, am reluctant for her to see at this age,” Christensen said.
However, the actor has to do it soon, at least Luna believes so, as the age of the internet would certainly be an exposure and it is best to do it under his supervision.
Hayden Christensen’s Daughter Was Worried For His Star Wars Role
Christensen has kept his daughter away from his fierce character, Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise. However, the actor did bring her to the set while filming Disney+ show Obi-Wan Kenobi but not when he “was in the Darth Vader outfit,” he said on the Variety show.
“But we did the flashback sequence, and I got to play Anakin. And so, I brought her to set for that, and she got to see me swing a lightsaber with Ewan. And she was very concerned for my wellbeing. She was afraid that one of us were gonna get hurt.”
The 42-year-old had to practice for the Lightsaber scenes a lot but “getting to swing a lightsaber is pretty awesome.” Also, he got to keep “a couple of them.” One “from the prequels, and then I got to keep two lightsabers from the ‘Obi-Wan’ show, one Darth Vader and one Anakin,” and he said they’re a little bit different. Obi-Wan Kenobi is available to stream on Disney Plus.
