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Ryan Phillippe Recalls Losing 'Dream' Role in Star Wars Because He Was Considered Too Old Opposite Natalie Portman

Ryan Phillippe reveals he almost starred alongside Natalie Portman as Anakin Skywalker in 'Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones' — but was considered too old for the part, which went to Hayden Christensen.

Ryan Phillippe's seven-year age gap with Natalie Portman knocked him out of the running to play adult Anakin Skywalker Hayden Christensen, who is one year apart in age from Portman, ended up landing the role for two films in the Star Wars prequel trilogy"I think things happen for a reason and it’s easy to make peace with that," Phillippe said in a recent interview with Variety Speaking with Variety ahead of the July release of the I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel, the 50-year-old actor recalled coming quite close to playing adult Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. Hayden Christensen, who is one year apart in age from Portman, ended up landing the role of Anakin, who once lured by the Dark Side turns into Darth Vader.

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