After his Star Wars breakthrough as a young Anakin Skywalker in the prequels, Hayden Christensen’s further acting career was mostly without major success. One of his best-known films is Jumper from 2008, in which Christensen can teleport to any point in the world.
If you don’t know Jumper or want to watch it again, you have am Tuesday night at Nitro the opportunity to do so. The production of the film, for which the star was supposed to do his own stunts, sounds really painful.
Hayden Christensen was injured several times while filming jumpers
In the story of Doug Liman’s sci-fi film, David (Christensen) suddenly finds out that he’s a so-called jumper: In a fraction of a second, he can teleport to any location on earth. As he fiddles with his abilities, the sinister Roland (Samuel L. Jackson) and his paladins begin the hunt for the Jumper.
According to LondonNet, filming Jumper was extremely painful for the lead actor:
It was a physical role and my character took quite a beating. I got pretty blown away. I got a nice scar on my hand, I split my earI really hit my head in that one scene and my pupil got stuck in this extremely dilated position, which was really disconcerting because I couldn’t see anything. Jumper never became the sci-fi franchise
On a budget of $85 million, Jumper grossed nearly $225 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo, which is a solid hit. However, the reviews of the sci-fi film at the time were pretty scathing. At Rotten Tomatoes, the blockbuster only has an average of 15 percent.
After the theatrical release, Christensen still talked about the fact that he was expecting several Jumper films. However, the sci-fi film never went on to become a major franchise. Jumper airs July 25 at 10:25 p.m. on Nitro.
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