Hayden Christensen - Hayden/Natalie: They have incredible chemistry...whether it be on-screen or off.

goodbreakingbad · 05-02-2005, 05:40 AM

Hey guys, welcome to the, Hayden Christensen & Natalie Portman "Nayden" Appreciation Thread!

^^^Made by, h2005 (Louise)

Hayden Christensen & Natalie Portman Shippers "Naydenites":
1. PiCkLeS4dAwSoN (Anji)
2. farfalla_fille
3. chadfan (Michelle)
4. anne86 (Anne)
5. DaParTyGirL (Sabrina)
6. frodobaggins07 (Lisa)
7. *Fleur*
8. Lúthien Ancalimë (Chelsea)
9. Swedishblonde (Em)
10. ~Jules~
11. haydensgirl
12. ~Courtney~
13. master yoda167 (Maria)
14. it'salright
15. lh2005 (Louise)
16. *Shannon*
17. othlov3r23
18. True Daisy lover (Tiana)
19. dentyne.ice
20. bionicdoll
21. fjt
22. KatieJoshie
23. Padmé
24. Ori SkyWalker
25. «•ºKârèñº•»
26. simplysweet423

Hayden/Natalie Quotes:
Hayden: "The auditions became all about meeting Natalie.It was just the thrill of shooting with her.I believe I have chemistry with her and that is key to my getting the part."

Hayden: "She's a real sweetie, and a good kisser." [grins] "No, make that a fantastic kisser!"

Hayden: "She's a good actress. Very professional and amazing to work off of. It's easy to look at her and be absorbed by her. It wasn't hard for me to look at her with loving eyes."
[regarding Natalie, and the denials of an off-screen romance between them]

Natalie: "Hayden and I found a rhythm together right away, learned to trust each other completely, and became co-conspirators"

Natalie: "Hayden's a very sexy guy and I loved working with him. We get along really well and trust each other, and I hope it shows on screen that we really enjoyed working together."

Natalie: "He's really, really quiet. When I met him, I thought, 'This is going to be so hard.' But then I got to know him. He's quiet, but it's such an attractive quietness. He's got that unnameable thing that makes you just want to watch him."

Natalie: "He's a really complex person and he has all these various shades to his personality, and he does this incredible job. So he's completely believable as not only someone who any girl would swoon for, but also as someone who's young, angry and impulsive, and who could easily be swayed into becoming very, very dark."

Hayden: "It was easy to do the intimate scenes with Natalie, she made me feel very comfortable with myself."

What about the rumor that you two are--or were--closerthanthis?
NP: "That makes a little more sense because we did work together and we are friends. I usually don't talk about anything private, but Hayden is awesome."
HC: "We never dated or anything. We hung out."

Interviewer: Who's the best smelling celebrity you've ever met?
Hayden: I'd have to go with Natalie Portman. We've spent so much time together in the past few years, in pretty close quaters, and she's always smelt wonderful. Natalie has a great aroma about her!

(on Nat being a spunk hehe)
Hayden: She is, she's a beautiful girl and a very talented actress.
Lady: You thought of having an on-air relationship with her? Like a filming relationship?
Hayden: Uhh well you know, that was you know one of the kicks doing Star Wars, was all those kissing scenes (interviewers "oh yeah" lol) yeah those were tough.

Lady: Did you ever say we should practice at my house?
Hayden: I uhh...I think accidentally messed up a few times so we had to redo a few of the scenes. Time and time again yeah (laughs)

-Hayden Christensen is thanking his sizzling on-screen chemistry with Natalie Portman for his shock casting in the next two STAR WARS movies. The little-known Canadian actor beat 441 other candidates to bag the coveted role in the two remaining Star Wars prequels, EPISODES II and III. And the 19-year-old star believes his chemistry with Portman won him the role because Episode II centers on the steamy relationship between his character ANAKIN SKYWALKER and her QUEEN AMIDALA. Christensen says, "The auditions became all about meeting Natalie. It was just the thrill of shooting with her. I believe I have chemistry with her and that is key to my getting the part."

-Hayden Christensen is the main addition to the Star Wars cast. What has it been like adapting to a new, more mature Anakin?

Hayden is a really professional actor. He fitted in really well in the group. I was so young in the previous one that I was not friends with everyone. I was only 16 and I wasn't hanging out or anything. Shooting this was like starting again with everyone, all over again. It was really nice to work with him and everyone else.

Hayden said you have the most beautiful eyes he has ever seen. How do you react to that?

He said that? That is nice. He is very sweet. He is a really wonderful actor and I was happy to work with him because he is really, really good. He takes his work very seriously. It is nice to see someone that young being so professional. A lot of young actors, including myself, can be lazy from time to time, but he is really an artist.

What does Hayden bring to his role?

He's another incredible actor, very passionate about what he does, and he brings a real intensity to Anakin, which is exactly what the character needs. You need to believe that my character falls madly in love with him, but also that he will become Darth Vader. So he's got this dark, dangerous side, but I don't want to make him out to be this creepy character. He's a really complex person and he has all these various shades to his personality, and he does this incredible job. So he's completely believable as not only someone who any girl would swoon for, but also as someone who's young, angry and impulsive, and who could easily be swayed into becoming very, very dark.

Did you swoon for him?

(Laughs) Hayden's a very sexy guy and I loved working with him. We get along really well and trust each other, and I hope it shows on screen that we really enjoyed working together.

How were the love scenes with him?

I think they were pretty hot! Without going overboard. (Laughs) I mean, Star Wars is the epitome of love without really showing anything. So there's nothing that's really inappropriate for your ten-year-old kid when they come to see it. And that's the reason I don't think nudity and so on is necessary for a love scene, because I know how incredibly hot they can be without all that. Sometimes leaving it mostly to the imagination is far more exciting.

-Talking about the decorations on her dorm in Harvard:
There are pictures that Hayden [Christensen, her Attack of the Clones costar] took of me and and painted and gave me as presents.

-'Partners in crime'

Not that she did (or would tell us if she had; Portman likes to keep her personal life out of the news). But the actress did enjoy working with the Canadian newcomer, whose only serious movie exposure was in last year's family drama "Life as a House."

"Hayden is really serious and devoted to his work," she says. "And he's also a nice, really smart guy, so it was fun to work with him."

Christensen is equally complimentary. "Natalie was great. I think she's a fine actress and getting to play opposite her was a lot of fun," he says, adding, "She's a very bright woman -- and kissing her was fun as well."

Portman says they "got along well, hung out and trusted each other a lot, which is so important when you're doing something like this. You can tell each other what you really think of the other's performance -- if you're asked first, obviously -- which makes for good partners in crime."

It's in the second half of the film that Anakin's return to her life stirs feelings in Padmé that prove hard to ignore. "There's a scene where Anakin and I are finishing dinner, and he uses his Jedi powers to make the fruit fly, which scares me a little, but it turns into a flirting tactic," she recalled. "I don't think George was satisfied with the dialogue he had written, because he told Hayden and me to just improvise--which was amusing, because it got inappropriate very quickly. It was a fun scene to shoot, although we felt pretty stupid biting fruit which didn't exist out of the air."

Songs that remind us of Hayden & Natalie:
I'd Rather Be in Love-Michelle Branch

I cannot help it I couldn't stop it if I tried
The same old heartbeat fills the emptiness I have inside
And I've heard that you can't fight love, so I won't complain
'Cause why would I stop the fire that keeps me going on?

Chorus

'Cause when there's you, I feel whole
And there's no better feeling in the world
But without you I'm alone
And I'd rather be in love with you

Turn out the lights now
To see is to believe
I just want you near me
I just want you here with me
And I'd give up everything only for you
It's the least that I could do

Chorus

And I feel you holding me

Why are we afraid to be in love?
To be loved
I can't explain it
I know it's tough to be loved

And I feel you holding me

Oh, oh
And when there's you, I feel whole
And there's no better feeling in the world
But without you I'm alone

And I'd rather be in love
Yes, I'd rather be in love
Oh, I'd rather be in love with you

And I feel you holding me, oh

Reasons why we love Hayden & Natalie:
1. Because they have incredible chemistry...whether it be on-screen or off!
2. Because all that chemistry can't just be on-screen. *wink*
3. Because they are such great friends.
4. Because they have graced the cover together of Teen People and made their "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" list twice!
5. Because they have been on numerous other magazine covers together.
6. Because they are two of the most beautiful people ever!
7. Because they are two of the most talented actors ever!
8. Because they share looks of love...
9. Because they are so hot together!
10. Because we all want it to happen...for real!
11. Because their chemistry just explodes off the screen!
12. Because he knows they have great chemistry.
13. Because she thinks he's a good kisser.
14. Because they looked like a real-life couple at the Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith premiere!
15. Because of the way he looks at her.
16. Because of the way she smiles at him.
17. Because she thinks he's a fantastic kisser.
18. Because he knows they have incredible chemistry.
19. Because he thinks she's beautiful and talented.
20. Because she thinks he's handsome.
21. Because they do like kissing each other!
22. Because they are both intelligent.
23. Because they are both quiet.
24. Because there are many Nayden fans!
25. Because they even have a fanlisting!
26. Because he gets always shy when he talks about her.
27. Because she loves working with him.
28. Because she likes funny guys.
29. Because he is funny guy.
30. Because he thinks it's easy to look at her and be absorbed by her.
31. Because it wasn't hard for him to look at her with loving eyes.
32. Because they share true looks of adoration and love.

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Hayden & Natalie Sites:
Desiring Hayden.net
Natalie Portman.com