Lyon Daniels took inspiration from the Star Wars movies for his role in Spiderwick Chronicles
Lyon Daniels took inspiration from the 'Star Wars' movies for his role in 'The Spiderwick Chronicles'. The 16-year-old actor is starring as Jared in the new series based on the children's fantasy books by Tony DiTerlizzi but actually turned to a string of classic films in preparation, and wanted to base his portrayal on Darth Vader's alter-ego from the classic sci-fi franchise. He told ScreenRant: "Well, my character delves deep into mental health. He has mental health issues, and that's something that's very personal and important to me. I really wanted to respect that in my performance. So I...