Obi-Wan’s Hayden Christensen Says He Bulked Up to Fit Into Darth Vader Suit
Hayden Christensen says that he had to bulk up to fill out the Darth Vader suit in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series. Christensen first played Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels, who turned to the dark side and became Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith. The actor donned the famous suit for two scenes in the prequel finale and is now set to wear it again for Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Obi-Wan Kenobi takes place ten years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith, which finds Ewan McGregor back in the titular role, hiding from The Empire on Tatooine while keeping a watchful eye over Vader's son, Luke Skywalker. In addition to McGregor and Christensen, the show also stars Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Moses Ingram, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, Sung Kang, Maya Erskine, Kumail Nanjiani, O'Shea Jackson Jr., and Benny Safdie. Deborah Chow serves as showrunner and director for the series, which is set to debut on May 27.
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In a new interview with Total Film (via CBR), Christensen says that he had to bulk up to fit into the Darth Vader suit again. «The physical preparation was intense,» said the actor. «I had to put on a decent amount of weight and size to fill up the suit.» Christensen goes on to explain that the physical preparation wasn't just to fill out the suit, but also for the fight sequences in the series, which the actor says are more in line with the style of the prequels. «We're more in line with the prequels than we are with how the fights are in the original trilogy. These characters have aged, but not that much yet.»
In terms of how powerful Christensen's Vader will be, the actor said that this will be «100 percent a fully realized
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