Later on, he is also the one responsible for singlehandedly destroying of a droid shop that was threatening the planet of Naboo. Maybe he needs to visit the next Star Wars Celebration and sign a billion autographs because bullied or not, a generation of geeks know about him.īut in case you don't want to remember the 2015 version of Jake Lloyd from the mugshot, let's view his famous pod racing scene.By using the force, Anakin wins a race he had never finished before. We do, however, know that in an interview three years ago Jake said his Anakin role made his life hellish, as he was bullied by other children. We don't know if Jake's ugly facial hair and his reckless behavior are a result of the "chip on the shoulder" syndrome. Just how reckless are we talking? Well, Jake took police on a wild chase that went on for several miles and only ended when he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree. Charges include reckless driving after hitting speeds over 100 miles an hour, resisting arrest and driving without a license, TMZ reports. However, the identity was later confirmed to be that of Star Wars actor. Lloyd was 10 when the film came out, and he had beaten out around 3,000 other young actors for the life-changing part. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace starred Jake Lloyd as young Anakin Skywalker, the man who would become Darth Vader. Kyle Strickland of Colleton County Sheriff Department said after the arrest he gave the name Jake Broadbent. In 199916 years after Return of the Jedia Star Wars prequel hit theaters with a new young actor leading the pack. Oh, and he's been arrested for reckless driving. Today's big story from the Hollywood hills (technically, from Carolina) is Jake Lloyd, whom you might remember as the boy that played Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, the first of the prequel trilogy.ġ6 years after the movie was released, Jake is a 26-year old 5' 7" (1.70 m) guy. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Lloyd and his family, hoping for a speedy recover out of the public eye, since that appears to be how he and they like it.But we're not here to talk about those rather famous examples of big-screen celebs. Child actors often have trouble as they get older, but Lloyd really drew an intense amount of heat for the disappointing prequel. It’s hard n0t to feel bad about Lloyd’s troubles, considering that it stemmed from negative fan reaction. I just put my shoes on and went back to work. Although it hurt me emotionally and it was hard to take at the time, it wasn’t debilitating for me. I’m a 20-year-old from from the Bronx I’ve seen and I’ve done things that were a lot harder than criticism in that newspaper. I wasn’t eight years-old like Jake, who I think took it worse. “It was me, and it was Jake Lloyd who took a lot of the heat for the movie. Last year, we reported that Ahmed Best, the motion caption performer that portrayed Jar Jar Binks in ‘The Phantom Menace’ admitted that he and Lloyd drew the most criticism for that movie. He has been incarcerated for ten months, since then, but was moved to an undisclosed psychiatric hospital after his diagnosis. He was charged with “ failing to stop for officers, resisting arrest, reckless driving and driving without a license.” In June, Lloyd (also known as Jake Broadbent) was arrested after a high-speed chase in South Carolina. He currently has no release date scheduled but his family is committed to seeing him through this rough time. Lloyd’s mother, Lisa Riley reported that he had a mental disorder and was transferred to a hospital. You may also recognize him from the Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy ‘Jingle All The Way’. He reportedly had such a hard time with the film’s reception that he quit acting entirely in 2005. The young actor is 27 now but was only 10 years-old when ‘The Phantom Menace’ came out and did not handle the backlash that the least popular ‘Star Wars’ film received. It has been reported that Lloyd has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Jake Lloyd, the retired actor who rose to fame in 1999’s ‘Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace’, has been hospitalized.
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