Hayden was very good in Shattered Glass ... and that's why I think all three leads got a bum deal with Star Wars.
Portman was excellent in Closer, and had an amazing cameo in Cold Mountain. I wasn't that impressed with her in Garden State, and I haven't yet seen V for Vendetta. If you don't like her, you don't. But her good work was not only in the pre-StarWars period.
I'm not sure if I've seen any of Ewan's post-StarWars stuff. But he's certainly no flash-in-the-pan, and has many good performances ahead of him.
I'm glad Hayden's appearing in some upcoming films. I hope he gets to redeem himself. He was so bloody awful in the prequels that I voted for him as worst actor in this poll ... even though I think all the actors were screwed royally by that hack of a director, George Lucas.
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