Hayden Christensen - Awake #3: What Jaws did to the water, this will do to the operating room. *SPOILERS*

Cereal Killer · 01-11-2007, 07:37 AM

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Title: Awake
Role: Clay
Co-starring: Jessica Alba (Sam), Terrence Howard, Lena Olin
Director: Joby Harold
Plot Outline: A psychological thriller that tells the story of a man (Christensen) undergoing heart surgery while experiencing a phenomenon called "anesthetic awareness," which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. His wife (Alba) must wrestle with her own demons as a drama unfolds around them.
Status: Completed
Released: USA 24 December 2007, UK 29 February 2008 ?

Official site

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Hayden plays the unlucky patient who wakes up while the surgeons are performing heart surgery. Terrence is his doctor and best friend, and Jessica is his loving wife, who is forced to struggle with her own demons as a terrifying drama unfolds around the couple.

"She goes through loving someone who she knows she can't love forever, because there's an expiration date on someone with a weak heart," explains Jessica.

"That was the biggest challenge," Hayden tells ET about performing his unique task. "To get myself into some Zen-like space where I could just be still for an hour-and-a-half on end ... I sing songs in my head, recount old memories, that sort of thing."

"You see, for the other actors, we think Hayden got the cushy job," interjects Terrence, "because half the movie he gets to sleep on the table. You would love to go to work and just lay there with your eyes closed."

Source | Watch the interview on YouTube

Hayden talks about the role in the Vman Fall/Winter 2006 Issue

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MM Tell me about your role in Awake.

HC It's about this young well-to-do guy who needs a heart transplant. A heart becomes available, and I go into the operation, where I experience anesthetic awareness, which has got to be one of the most terrifying things imaginable. I talked to people who had it: you lie on this operating table in varying degrees of consciousness totally unable to do anything about it. Some people will experience little things, others will feel every cut and incision. The film gets more ****ed-up from there. It will be a different thriller. What Jaws did to being in the water, this will do to the operating room.

MM What was it like working with Terence Howard?

HC He's the real deal and is going to become one of the defining actors of his generation. He plays the doctor. He and I became chess-obsessed. It was something we did because we both like chess and we're very competitive, but it was also a tool for our work. It kept us interacting and playing off each other. I also did that with Peter Sarsgaard in Shattered Glass. A bit of chess and a lot of Ping-Pong.

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Previous threads:

Awake (Clay) #1: Our man in scrubs!! *SPOILERS*
Awake #2: Paging doctor hottie! *SPOILERS*
Awake #3: What Jaws did to the water, this will do to the operating room. *SPOILERS*

The title was Steph's idea, thank you!

Cereal Killer · 01-11-2007, 07:44 AM

Aww, the Jaws quote was too long for a title since we have to add *SPOILERS* there, too.

Please, someone hit me with a shorter title.

imman · 01-11-2007, 07:50 AM

nice title Laura

really ambitious

don't worry we can say that title is unique

Cereal Killer · 01-11-2007, 07:57 AM

My mind was drawing a blank, we need a new title.

No way we're actually using that one!

ETA: I modified the Jaws quote a little to make it fit, I hope it's ok, grammatically I mean.

imman · 01-11-2007, 08:12 AM

ok this title is ok

emergency plan

Cereal Killer · 01-11-2007, 08:15 AM

I don't know, the water part feels a bit iffy since it's now referring to water in general and not being in the water like it should but maybe it delivers the message anyway?

Of course we could also cut it after the "What Jaws did to being in the water..." and let everyone do their own thinking after that.

Yes, I'm confusing things again.

imman · 01-11-2007, 08:18 AM

who cares about that thing

mhmmm Hayden has nice foots

not so yeallow like my brother has

Cereal Killer · 01-11-2007, 08:19 AM

I care.

Well, I guess it doesn't really matter.

Maybe Hayden had a pedicure?

imman · 01-11-2007, 08:29 AM

yeaa

pedicure is form nails no for instep

Cereal Killer · 01-11-2007, 08:32 AM

No, pedicure is for feet as a whole. See:

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pedicure
noun [C or U]
(a) beauty treatment for the feet which involves cutting and sometimes painting the nails, and softening or massaging (= rubbing) the skin
Compare manicure.

imman · 01-11-2007, 08:36 AM

ohh yeahh ok thanks for that info...so I must say that he has a really sexy and well-kept foot! new thing witch I love in him!!

Cereal Killer · 01-11-2007, 08:45 AM

No problem.

Well, I can't disagree with you on that, his feet are sexy. He's perfection all over!

imman · 01-11-2007, 09:03 AM

definitely!! he's a he-man!! he makea a fuss of Jessica Alba!!

Cereal Killer · 01-11-2007, 09:11 AM

Your enthusiasm is delightful.

But yeah, once again I agree, he is da man, the best of the best!

And I'm sure he treated Jessica well, I wish I was her!

imman · 01-11-2007, 09:18 AM

hahaha delightful

thank you thank you^^ everything for Hayden of course:p
I like Hayden's face on the second one! so imperious!!


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