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To prepare for his teenage waste-lad in ''Life,'' Christensen shed 25 pounds on a diet of water, salad, and vitamins. ''I'm still gaining the weight back,'' says the gangly actor, who isn't helping his cause today by limiting himself to a bottle of water. Christensen also dyed his sandy-blond locks black and blue and adorned himself with fake piercings. ''They would have been real if I didn't have to do ['Star Wars'] reshoots right away,'' he says. ''I don't think George would be too happy if I showed up with a hole in my lip.''

And yet Christensen says he himself has no dark side; this is a guy who cites ''The Princess Bride'' and Disney's ''Robin Hood'' as influences. ''Sam is an absolute invention,'' he says. ''I had no ground on which to relate.'' Indeed, unlike Sam, who would rather lock himself in his room and blast Marilyn Manson than share a second of silence with his family, Christensen boasts of an ''unusually good'' relationship with his parents, David (a communications exec) and Alie (with whom Hayden talks every day). Says Winkler: ''He's probably the sweetest kid in the world.''

While audiences are discovering Christensen in ''Life as a House,'' the actor himself will be in England for his final round of reshoots for ''Episode II,'' which opens next May. In the seven months between now and then, he'll read through a teetering stack of scripts, work with his brother Tove on establishing a production company, and gird himself for the publicity onslaught to come. ''I try not to give it much thought -- that's how I'm dealing with it,'' says Christensen. ''I'm just keeping an open mind and keeping my feet on the ground.'' Any chance of leaving us with a secret ''Star Wars'' tidbit or two? ''Okay, okay,'' he says with a sheepish laugh. He pauses, thinks of everything he could say, and then says the only thing he can. ''No.''

Originally posted Oct 30, 2001

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