Or is it just Han he considers dumb because he has some weird grudge against SW?
You know what really gets me? The media will let a comment like this from an OT actor slide, but the minute someone involved with the PT says something even remotely less than positive about their roles/experiences, everyone jumps all over it as "proof" they despise the PT and George. Just look at the number of times Ewan Mcgregor has been misquoted about his feelings on the PT as a whole. Yeah, he may have had some issues, but he has said over and over again that he didn't regret making them, and was proud to play young Obi-Wan.
Even more recently, some quotes from Hayden have been taken horribly out of context, with articles claiming that he "Slammed the prequels and vowed never to work with George Lucas again". In reality, Hayden said that George was very, very specific about how he wanted him to play Anakin, and in effect, he wasn't given a whole lot of room for his own creative interpretation of the character. "Everything was very predetermined". I do get the feeling that he would have played the character a bit differently if given the choice. But a lot of Hayden's feelings about his performance probably come from all the crap he's gotten (and continues to get) for his role as Anakin. Nevertheless, Hayden has repeatedly said how grateful he was to be part of SW during his Jumper promotion. The media of course ignored all such statements.
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You know what really gets me? The media will let a comment like this from an OT actor slide, but the minute someone involved with the PT says something even remotely less than positive about their roles/experiences, everyone jumps all over it as "proof" they despise the PT and George. Just look at the number of times Ewan Mcgregor has been misquoted about his feelings on the PT as a whole. Yeah, he may have had some issues, but he has said over and over again that he didn't regret making them, and was proud to play young Obi-Wan.
Even more recently, some quotes from Hayden have been taken horribly out of context, with articles claiming that he "Slammed the prequels and vowed never to work with George Lucas again". In reality, Hayden said that George was very, very specific about how he wanted him to play Anakin, and in effect, he wasn't given a whole lot of room for his own creative interpretation of the character. "Everything was very predetermined". I do get the feeling that he would have played the character a bit differently if given the choice. But a lot of Hayden's feelings about his performance probably come from all the crap he's gotten (and continues to get) for his role as Anakin. Nevertheless, Hayden has repeatedly said how grateful he was to be part of SW during his Jumper promotion. The media of course ignored all such statements.