Hayden Christensen - Awake #6: Clay loved with all his heart

master yoda167 · 01-14-2010, 03:06 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!

zacsbabyboo · 01-14-2010, 03:16 PM

aw

new thread! love the OP

master yoda167 · 01-14-2010, 03:20 PM

hey Connie...It is a great OP

It's mostly likely Laura's handywork mostly or am I wrong?

I know it isn't mine!

**BehrItAll** · 01-14-2010, 08:09 PM

Some of Laura's and some of mine. I think the pictures are from my photobucket, so no hotlinking!

But I think Laura did all the text.

TFTNT

master yoda167 · 01-15-2010, 04:27 PM

well like I said it's not mine!

so thanks to you and Laura then

You're welcome for the new thread though

**BehrItAll** · 01-17-2010, 07:20 PM

You're welcome.

Has anyone had the guts to watch this recently?

master yoda167 · 01-18-2010, 11:02 AM

nope, just a lillie livered coward over here

**BehrItAll** · 01-18-2010, 08:44 PM

I just realized my pun, "guts"

You need to lion up *roar*!

master yoda167 · 01-19-2010, 02:31 PM

that wasn't much of a roar Steph

**BehrItAll** · 01-22-2010, 07:18 PM

I am still a cub

And I just can't wait to be king.

master yoda167 · 01-24-2010, 12:13 PM

di di di diddii di dii di di *sings*

and yeah,doesn't really warrant me to lion up

I saw this on sale today,5.99 €, I admired Hayden on the cover for a while

**BehrItAll** · 01-24-2010, 04:59 PM

Not a bad price.
What does the Finnish cover look like?

master yoda167 · 01-25-2010, 02:21 PM

nope...

The cover is a lot like the US version,if not the same

Hermione Weasley · 06-29-2010, 08:12 AM

I remember hearing about this movie and just reading the summary thinking 'omg I will not be able to watch this movie' It took the longest time for me to have the guts to check it out. I obviously had to eventually watch it since it's Hayden (and Jessica who I adore) but just the thought of it made me feel ill.

It had a twisted kind of ending right? I've only watched it once and I don't think I could again

**BehrItAll** · 06-30-2010, 07:46 PM

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but just the thought of it made me feel ill.

Did you feel ill when actually watching it?

It did. Jessica's character,his new wife, was in on it. She was a nurse on the doctor's team and they wanted to kill him to get the money she would have got. But they all get caught.


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