I would like to make it clear I do not have a favorite actor. I must admit my selection of Brian Thompson was based on his performance of a character named Nicholas Remy in the Werewolf TV series. If you would just go to you tube and type "Brian Thompson and the golden mullet" you will at least see and possibly understand my choice. Maybe I was wrong because of his age, but not his lack of ability. Perhaps a young actor with very similar characteristics may have been a better choice, Please watch the vid and give me a fair and honest opinion.
Oh yeah, there's a thousand actors who have superior acting chops to Hayden Christensen. But then again I've never really felt he was a bad actor--I've seen Shattered Glass, he's good in it. I doubt there's many actors out there--if any at all--who would have been able to make the Anakin character work, given the demands, limitations, and requirements set by Lucas on him and everything else in those films. Ewan McGregor is a wonderful actor, and so is Christopher Lee. But their Star Wars characters suck balls. So it is for poor Hayden. He gets blamed for Anakin despite being one of the few actors in the Prequels to actually invest some effort and passion in their role. It's just unfortunate that the role was terrible. Everyone's role was terrible.