Re: CHAT: I saw it! I saw it! I saw it!

On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:

>How about a twelve-year-old Anikin, just on the verge of puberty, lean
>and a little Angst-ridden, driven and interesting and potential?  Not
>yet obviously evil, obviously... but you know how intense and potential
>and compelling some children can be.  This actor just didn't have it.
Anakin was that age in early drafts of the screenplay, but Lucas felt
a child that old wouldn't find separation from his mother traumatic
enough.

>Yes, we do need to see how he gets from here to there.  Rumor has it
>that Leonardo Di Capria is going to be the older Anikin.
Lucas has been hinting that he wants an unknown who's very athletic
for the adult Anakin.  The trailer for _The Beach_ should be all
that's needed to discourage anyone from thinking Di Caprio would meet
the latter qualification.  <eg>

Besides, Lucas has already turned down one performer who was
campaigning for the Jar-Jar part because having a superstar involved
would be too distracting.  (The disappointed performer was Michael
Jackson.)


Jean Lansford
lansford@vnet.net