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Originally Posted by BigRedChief
well deserved. He dreamt up Star Wars in his head. This is who you had in mind? WTF? 
How could he miss so so bad on casting Anakin? That was really hard to do. |
Well, to be fair, his options were very limited. Joshua Jackson? Chris Klein? James Van Der Beek? Colin Hanks? Ryan Phillipe?
I can't see any of those guys as Anakin, either.
DiCaprio really wanted the role and Lucas was keen to hire him, until negotiations with his agent went sideways because DiCaprio insisted on "Creative Input". Once that happened, he was out.
All that said, the rest of the cast was stellar, from Keira Knightly, Natalie Portman, Rose Byrne (who I love!), Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Temuera Morrison, Christoper Lee and so many more.
It's just a damn shame that Lucas missed on his star.