main
side
curve
  1. In Memory of LAJ_FETT: Please share your remembrances and condolences HERE

Justin Berfield Auditioned To Be Anakin Skywalker

Discussion in 'Archive: The Phantom Menace' started by Indy3, Mar 30, 2005.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. Indy3

    Indy3 Jedi Knight star 5

    Registered:
    May 5, 2001
    IMDB reports that Justin Bergfield who plays Reese on Malcolm In The Middle auditioned for the role of Ani for TPM

    Wonder how he would have done

    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0073678/bio

    "Auditioned for the role as Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)."

    Hmm
     
  2. Sith-Jedi-Master

    Sith-Jedi-Master Jedi Padawan star 4

    Registered:
    Nov 9, 2004
    bad idea...really bad idea...

     
  3. jangoisadrunk

    jangoisadrunk Jedi Padawan star 4

    Registered:
    Mar 7, 2005
    Ok, is this a gag? In the last two weeks, I saw a thread about Chris Masterson (Francis on MITM) wanting/auditioning to be Anakin in ATOC.
     
  4. Master_Starwalker

    Master_Starwalker Manager Emeritus star 6 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

    Registered:
    Sep 20, 2003
    He'd have been a horrible Anakin
     
  5. Chancellor_Ewok

    Chancellor_Ewok Chosen One star 7

    Registered:
    Nov 8, 2004
    WHAT! Reese as Anakin? God no!
     
  6. Obladi_Oblada

    Obladi_Oblada Jedi Youngling star 2

    Registered:
    Mar 18, 2005
    Come on, you're not even entertaining the possibility of it. Not Reese, the character from Malcolm in the Middle as young Anakin. Justin Bergfield the actor. Maybe he would have been a good Anakin. Who knows?
     
  7. Chancellor_Ewok

    Chancellor_Ewok Chosen One star 7

    Registered:
    Nov 8, 2004
    No, he wouldn't. He'd be an awful Anakin.There was another thread that talked about how Chris Masterson also tried for the role Anakin. Masterson, I could possibly see. He play Francis on MITM and does angsty and rebellious very well, as its how his character was written.But Berfield? No way.
     
  8. Obladi_Oblada

    Obladi_Oblada Jedi Youngling star 2

    Registered:
    Mar 18, 2005
    You're stuck on one role he plays. Masterson might have been good because Francis is angsty and rebellious? Come on. It is possible for actors to play different types of characters. Just because you're used to seeing Justin Bergfield as Malcolm's obnoxious older brother doesn't mean he couldn't have pulled off being an overall nice slave boy. I'm not saying for sure he would have done it well. I'm just saying your complete dismissal of the possibility is unfounded.
     
  9. Darth-Seldon

    Darth-Seldon Jedi Grand Master star 6

    Registered:
    May 17, 2003
    He would've been terrible.
    I'm glad Lucas had the sense to choose Jake.

    -Seldon
     
  10. JediSamurai

    JediSamurai Jedi Youngling

    Registered:
    Mar 31, 2005
    I'm surprised that no one mentioned that he was in the documentary in the DVD, as one of the guys audtioning for Anakin in TPM.
     
  11. jangoisadrunk

    jangoisadrunk Jedi Padawan star 4

    Registered:
    Mar 7, 2005
    OMG, I never realized one of those TRULY DREADFULL CHILD ACTORS was Reese from MITM. I'm going to have to look at that again.
     
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.