Nicolas Cage praises Hayden Christensen's "edgy, dangerous" Star Wars work

Hayden Christensen proved in the film Shattered Glass that he was a far better actor than you'd necessarily think by the end of the much-maligned Star Wars prequels. Heavily criticised for his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith, to be fair to Christensen, not too many people came out of those movies with their acting reputations enhanced.

But he did have one notable fan of his work on Star Wars. And that'd be Nicolas Cage.

Cage has been promoting his new film with Christensen, which goes by the name of Outcast. And chatting to IGN, he revealed he's quite the fan of his co-star's Star Warswork.

"George Lucas is a dear friend of my family," Cage told the site. "I watched George's movies and I saw the work that Hayden did with George."

Cage liked it, too.

"I was very impressed with Hayden's sort of edgy, dangerous, dark and still soulful performance. I thought it was superb, so I really connected with him. Plus he has a look in his eyes that I respond to... he's got the sad thing going on that I've always been accused of having in my eyes."

Outcast, directed by Nick Powell, currently doesn't have a UK release date. It's due in the US this weekend, though.

IGN.