Hayden Christensen - Awake #5: In the operating room no one can hear you scream.

**BehrItAll** · 07-18-2008, 08:05 PM

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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 30 November 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.

The trailer!

Watch it here!

Pictures

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*
Awake #4: Awake has woken up! *SPOILERS*
Awake #5: In the operating room no one can hear you scream.

The title was Steph's idea, thank you!

**Cereal Killer** · 07-18-2008, 10:25 PM

TFTNT!

There seems to be something missing in the OP, I'll edit it in, I hope you don't mind.

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Originally Posted by master yoda167 (View Post)

well you know I'm always too lazy to switch to another page

, the title is good,but it kinda creeps me out

It was on the same page.

Or at least it would be if you guys had your pages set to 25 posts per page like it used to be before one of the software updates where they changed the default number of ppp.

master yoda167 · 07-19-2008, 10:57 AM

We have a very nice looking opening post

well I have different ppp so it was on another page

**BehrItAll** · 07-20-2008, 05:39 PM

Mine was set a page back too

But then I went back to look.

What did I miss in the OP?

Anyone else get to see this yet?

master yoda167 · 07-21-2008, 01:50 PM

yeah I went too after Laura told which post to look for...

not me...August 1st,so Friday next week

Calgaryfan2006 · 07-22-2008, 04:03 PM

It's out for me, I was gonna buy it but found out someone had bought it for my Birthday on Thursday

. can't wait

**BehrItAll** · 07-22-2008, 07:19 PM

Soon!

Nice birthday gift

**Cereal Killer** · 07-24-2008, 02:47 PM

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What did I miss in the OP?

The bits in quote tags. They don't copy along with the rest of the post when you reply with a quote.

Chrissy, how nice! It's a very cool birthday gift.

It won't be long until we get thios on DVD here.

I'm gonna try to buy it as soon as I can.