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“ Star Wars creator and director, George Lucas has now publicly announced the casting for the upcoming sequel, Star Wars: Episode II Attack Of The Clones. New faces and old coming back to the galaxy far far away! Lucas has confirmed that upcoming actor — Hayden Christensen has been casted as Jedi Padawan, Anakin Skywalker and french actress, Daphné Perrin who has been casted as Princess Daaliyah Monkaxte! We will see two new jedi’s into the franchise as well as the return of Natalie Portman as Padmé Amidala and Ewan Mcgregor as Obi Wan Kenobi! ”
WEBDOCS: THE MAKING OF STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES
CASTING ANAKIN SKYWALKER:
“ In this particular case I was looking for somebody who was very boyish and young but has sort of a James Dean… solemn edge to them. ” - George Lucas on casting Hayden Christensen
“To be honest, I went in with no expectations— I really wasn’t thinking that.. yknow “oh I really want this part!” It was just… “wow that’s George Lucas! This is really cool… about a week after my test I was laying in bed and got the phone call that I got the part. ” - HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN
CASTING DAALIYAH MONKAXTE:
“Now for Daaliyah… We wanted someone who could be… flexible with their range from curiosity and seriousness and when Daphné came in and did her test we knew that she had to be added to our list of call backs.” - George Lucas on casting Daphné Perrin
“ I was uhm.. in New York for my Juilliard live audition and I was waiting to hear called when I had gotten the call saying “We want you to be our Daaliyah” and I just remember I… I couldn’t stop shaking! I was so excited that I almost messed up the audition because I couldn’t keep my balance together but it ended up working out perfectly! “ - DAPHNÉ PERRIN
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SCREEN TEST : May 5th 2000
“For the Anakin and Daaliyah screen test, we had Hayden and Daphné flown in from Vancouver and Paris to Skywalker Ranch they can yknow… meet, get to know each other, and do their chemistry test. And we noticed that immediately they had that kinda “click” and so when it came to the screen test, it kinda solidified that… this is who we wanted as our Anakin and Daaliyah.” - ROBIN GURLAND / casting director
“I was in Paris working on a small project with one of my good friends when I was offered to meet at Skywalker Ranch in Los Angeles for the screen testing and so I did, and I was just so taken aback! The place was huge and so beautiful! They had me come in and yknow.. meet George Lucas and Robin Gurland. Then I met Hayden and he was just so kind, I think we were both pretty nervous… we were both just 18-19 year old kids auditioning for one of the biggest franchises. But I had a lot of fun and it was an experience I don’t think I’ll ever forget.” - DAPHNÉ PERRIN / Daaliyah Monkaxte
AN INTERVIEW WITH HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN , DAPHNÉ PERRIN on the set of Star Wars: Episode II
“Daphné is… a wonderful person, she’s beautiful inside and out.. she’s uhm— she’s so talented and I could tell how much Daaliyah means to her. I remember just… uhm being very impressed by her during our screen test. She’s a lot of fun to be around and brings such a lively atmosphere on set.” HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN on DAPHNÉ PERRIN
“ Hayden is so good at what he does! He’s insanely talented and is just perfect for this role. He’s.. very confident when yknow we’re having to shoot lightsaber scenes or.. any combat scenes. Its always the highlight of my day to uh.. get up and head to rehearsals for the saber fights and then go for a coffee run with him, Ewan and Natalie, I couldn’t ask for a better costar. He’s just so kind and really is my Anakin Skywalker.” DAPHNÉ PERRIN on HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN
Daphné Perrin, Hayden Christensen behind the scenes of Star Wars: Epsiode II
Daphné met Hayden for the first time in 2000 in Los Angeles for the screen test auditioning for Episode II. A few weeks later it was announced on the offical Star Wars website by George Lucas that Christensen and Perrin were casted as Jedi Padawans, Anakin Skywalker and Daaliyah Monkaxte, continuing their love story while protecting Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman.)
In 2005, during the filming of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. It was rumored for the two co-stars to be in a relationship from behind the scenes footage of their chemistry and fans noticed the undeniable admiration Perrin would talk about Christensen in interviews and vice versa yet nothing was ever confirmed due to both of their values of keeping relationships, families and personal life private.
In 2007, Daphné was spotted at the premiere of Awake staring Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba in support of her two friends and former costars. The two were seen sharing a kiss after the event, then later confirmed their relationship in further interviews.
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