Hayden Fun Facts
—Was convinced money grew on trees after his older sister glued pennies on a tree in their yard.
—Is allergic to bees.
—Once got stung by a school of jellyfish
—Would get drunk with Ewan McGregor during AOTC filming
—Was so nervous that he threw up on the plane on the way to his audition with
Natalie Portman for Star Wars.
—Once fell 15 feet off a cliff. Everyone, himself included,
thought he died.
—When he found out he got the role of Anakin Skywalker, him and his roommate put on jockstraps, turned on the Star Wars soundtrack, pretended they had lightsabers and had as he puts it, “This EPIC battle.”
—Loved Curious George as a child and has an entire volume of the books.
—Cites Disney’s Robin Hood and the Princess Bride as his childhood favorites.
—Went through a phase where he was obsessed with the show “He-man.”
—His basement is full of Star Wars memorabilia.
—During AOTC filming his pants would split during fight scenes.
—He would imitate the lightsaber noise during filming.
—Hayden and his siblings used to love to pretend they were injured and upset their mother.
They would throw themselves down the stairs and pretend they were hurt. One day
at McDonalds, Hayden was swinging back and forth in his chair and it flew
forward. His mouth slammed onto the edge of the table, split open and started
bleeding and then he fell backwards onto the floor. His mother yelled at him
and told him to stop misbehaving. After a moment she realized he wasn’t playing
a trick on her and was legitimately injured.
—One night during AOTC filming, after he had gone drinking with Ewan Mcgregor, he went
swimming in the ocean at Bondi Beach in a drunk stupor.
—As a child he owned a pair of bright orange MC Hammer parachute pants.
—Has two pet pigs he likes to watch Iron Chef with.
How THE HELL is he not dead