Not many actors have had to play Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger and Jim Morrison - let alone all at once. But Hayden Christensen stands ready for the challenge.
We’ve told you before that the original script for “Factory Girl” had ’60s It-girl Edie Sedgwick having a mad affair with Dylan. But after the Dylan camp disputed that he’d actually had the affair, bits of Jim and Mick were stirred into the script’s rock star character, now known as Danny Quinn.
Still, Christensen obviously sees Dylan as the foundation of the role.
“I don’t want to talk with him,” Christensen said of the reclusive Dylan. “But I am watching all his documentaries. I’m doing my homework.
“It’s a great mountain to climb,” the former Anakin Skywalker said last week at the Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival. “I don’t know if I can do it.”
Among the other real-life figures who’ll receive a looks upgrade in the movie is Andy Warhol, who’ll be played by lantern-jawed Aussie Guy Pearce.