Thanks to Sheila for this :)<\/p>\n
From Canoe:<\/p>\n
Just the facts
\nColin Hanks was never a sure thing for Star Wars role
\nBy BRUCE KIRKLAND
\nToronto Sun
\nNEW YORK — Colin Hanks wants to set the record straight: Despite posted rumours on a Star Wars site that turned into published “fact,” he was never ever close to landing the role of young Anakin Skywalker in the next Star Wars movie.<\/p>\nThat’s the role that went to rising Canadian star Hayden Christensen of Toronto. Star Wars: Episode II — Attack Of The Clones is due for release in May.<\/p>\n
“Oh man, that was so much fun,” Hanks says of being associated with Clones. “But there wasn’t really any truth to it.”<\/p>\n
Hanks, the 24-year-old son of Tom Hanks and star of the new teen comedy Orange County, which opens today, got as far as meeting with a casting director who was scouting for George Lucas.<\/p>\n
‘HUGE FAN’<\/p>\n
But that simply put him in the same group as, he says, “every other person, every other actor my age, within a span of about eight years, across the world. And basically the audition wasn’t an audition, it was a general meeting in which you talked about everything but Star Wars. That was it. I never went to The Ranch (Lucas’ famed Skywalker Ranch, the base for his movie empire).”<\/p>\n
There are no hard feelings, says Hanks. “Look, I’m a huge fan. I camped out for The Phantom Menace. That’s how much of a fan I am. I was out there for 28 hours in Westwood (a movie-mad community in L.A. west of Beverly Hills).<\/p>\n
“I go on the Web sites and I check everything and, listen, there is nothing funnier than reading something on a Web site saying: ‘Colin Hanks was here and he did his tests with Samuel L. Jackson and Natalie Portman and, if there’s chemistry, he’s signing the papers today!’<\/p>\n
“It was a complete falsehood.”<\/p>\n
Hanks cites the rumour as an example of how being the acting son of a famous father works people into a lather and makes them jump to wrong conclusions.<\/p>\n
“Oooo, Tom Hanks’ kid is going to be the new Anakin Skywalker — that’s a great story, let’s put it in.<\/p>\n
“The coolest thing about it was that I was able to put the clipping up on my fridge.”<\/p>\n
Oh, and yes, Hanks will be once again camping out for at least one night to be among the first ueber-fans who will see Attack Of The Clones in May. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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