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From a teenage rebel to the Dark Lord of the Sith, The Hollywood Reporter is breaking down the 7 Roles We Love from Hayden Christensen.

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00:00From a teenage rebel to a young Jedi deemed the Chosen One.

00:03This is where the fun begins.

00:05Who eventually became one of the most iconic villains in cinema.

00:09No!

00:12Hayden Christensen has definitely brought some memorable characters to life on screen,

00:16with his career growing with a generation at the turn of the millennium.

00:19Let's take a look at seven roles we love from Hayden Christensen.

00:24One of the actor's early roles was in 1999's The Virgin Suicides.

00:28Christensen played Jake, one of the teenage boys who took the Lisbon sisters

00:32to the ill-fated school dance in the film directed by Sofia Coppola.

00:422001's Life is a House saw the actor play teenage rebel Sam Monroe,

00:46who helps his terminally ill father build a house.

00:49He received both Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations for his performance in the film.

00:53You know, nobody would blame me if I left.

00:56I'd blame you.

00:57I want you here.

00:59The 2002 film Star Wars Episode II, Attack of the Clones,

01:02first introduced us to Christensen's most famed role,

01:06Anakin Skywalker, a.k.a. Darth Vader.

01:09When Christensen nabbed the coveted role of the heroic yet tragic young man

01:12who would become the infamous Sith Lord,

01:15he was instantly shot to new levels of fame,

01:17leading one of the biggest film franchises of all time.

01:20I'd be brave of you, boy.

01:21But I would have thought you had learned your lesson.

01:25I am a slow learner.

01:27Anakin!

01:31Of course, the actor continued Anakin's story in 2005's Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the Sith,

01:37which revealed how Darth Vader came to be.

01:39The film grossed $850 million worldwide.

01:42You turned her against me!

01:44While Christensen and the Star Wars prequels were met with some criticism at the time,

01:49more recently there's been a resurgence of fan support and praise for him and the films.

01:54I hate you!

01:56Two decades later, Christensen reprised the role in both the Obi-Wan and Ahsoka Disney Plus series,

02:02for which he has received much acclaim.

02:052003's Shattered Glass starred Christensen as Stephen Glass.

02:09The film, based on a true story, sees the actor play a young journalist for The New Republic,

02:13who fell from grace after it was uncovered that he had fabricated articles in the late 90s.

02:18I'm afraid of what I'm going to do.

02:21You know, I can't get there by myself.

02:26I'm not going anywhere with you.

02:29In 2007's Awake, the actor took on the role of Clay,

02:33a young Wall Street tycoon who was trying to fill his late father's shoes in the business world,

02:38while also waiting for a suitable donor for a heart transplant.

02:41The Hollywood Reporter's review at the time said, quote,

02:43Christensen delivers a low-key performance that is ultimately quite appealing.

02:48Go ahead and count back from ten for me, will ya?

02:51Ten, nine, eight, seven.

02:55The 2008 science fiction thriller Jumper starred the actor as David Rice,

03:00a young man who discovers he has a gift for teleportation.

03:02Is that what you think's going to happen?

03:04You so much as look at her wrong, right?

03:05Well, what are you going to do? Are you going to jump me where?

03:10Did you think you were the only one?

03:12And 2010's Takers saw Christensen play A.J.,

03:17a member of a group of high-living bank robbers who specialize in spectacular robberies.

03:22THR's review of the film praised its amazing stunt work and breathless pace.

03:27Get on the ground! Get on the ground!

03:30Get on the ground now!

03:31Take a seat next to your friends!

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