One Of The Gang ‘Almost’ Played Anakin Skywalker In Star Wars

The tidbit came in the interview after a question about notable roles the two actors almost got to play. Ryan Reynolds revealed he once auditioned for the role of Superman, which is interesting but not quite as out of left field as the idea of Rob McElhenney playing Anakin Skywalker.

Then, McElhenney told the sad tale of why he ended up losing the role of Anakin to Hayden Christensen. It all came down to not acting ability, charisma, or Force sensitivity, but eye color.

«I remember them saying to me, ‘It’s not gonna work because he doesn’t have blue eyes,’» McElhenney recalled. «And I was, like, ‘B***ch, you’re creating entire armies of mutant robots, but you can’t change somebody’s eyes?’»

Evidently not, and thus McElhenney was free to co-create «It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia» a few years later, restoring balance to the Force. Still, it’s intriguing to imagine what «Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones» and «Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith» might have been like with Mac in the lead role. Disturbing and wrong, but intriguing.