Appearing in a 'Star Wars' movie is no guarantee that you'll have a long and glittering career in Hollywood - ask Mark Hammill about that, and he'll enthusiastically tell you the same thing. That didn't seem to apply to Hayden Christensen though - even though the so-called 'prequels' weren't well received by fans, Christensen's star quality shone through on the screen, and he wasn't short of offers for work. He didn't take any of them.
Maybe he hated the prequels more than anyone else did, or maybe he was just bored of acting, but when they were done he bought a plot of land in Ontario and set himself up with a new life as a farmer. That wasn't enough for him though; he has also launched a clothing line and set up a production company, before finally returning to acting in 2017's 'First Kill.'