UPDATE: Hayden gets a (ANOTHER) ticket at 110 in Kansas.....
Hayden Christensen probably wishes he had a space ship to take him from Syracuse to Toronto Saturday night when his Ferrari broke down on North Salina Street. Instead, the 25-year-old actor who played Anakin Skywalker in the last two "Star Wars" movies, spent eight hours in a flat bed truck with an Oswego County tow truck operator.
Hayden Christensen was driving in Bullrun 2006, an invitation-only, cross-country tour from New York to Los Angeles. The week-long tour costs $14,000 to enter and features 100 of the most exclusive cars in the world. Christensen was driving a $125,000, 1999 Ferrari with only 6,000 miles on it. At about 6 p.m. Saturday, his transmission broke down while driving on Interstate 81 in Syracuse. He pulled off the highway onto North Salina Street, near St. Joseph's Hospital, to call a tow company.
Christensen, who will next be seen in Factory Girl with Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce and Jimmy Fallon; Awake with Lena Olin and Jessica Alba, and Guilty Pleasures with Mischa Barton and Tim Roth, says, "I've got the bug now. I'm totally hooked" on road rallying. "Last year was fun, but we didn't get the chance to go coast to coast... This is so much better" -- despite a series of mishaps along the way.
Along with a few mechanical glitches, the former Anakin Skywalker did pick up a couple of speeding tickets (the bane of the road ralliers' existence), but "that's all part of the learning curve." Best way to describe the whole Bullrun experience? "A week of fun. A lot of freedom and adventure -- it's boys playing with their toys," Christensen said.
'Star Wars' Star Hitches Ride After Car Breaks Down in Syracuse
The Force was of no use when Darth Vader's transport broke down in a galaxy far, far away--Syracuse, New York.
Hayden Christensen, who portrays the young Darth Vader in the last two "Star Wars" films, was taking part in a cross-country driving tour when his 1999 Ferrari broke down in Syracuse on Saturday evening.
The 25-year-old actor called for a tow truck. Towing service owner Steve Burdick showed up in his flatbed truck but had no idea he was dealing with a famous actor. Burdick told the Syracuse Post-Standardhe thought the guy was just someone who "had a rich daddy."
Burdick transported the $125,000 car and Christensen to Toronto, where the actor grew up. During the eight-hour trip, Burdick said he talked about being a born-again Christian and played a cassette by a Christian motivational speaker. Burdick says he didn't find out who Christensen was until they hit the Canadian border, where people asked the actor for his autograph.
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