Playing young Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Jake Lloyd stepped away from Hollywood after personal problems
Known for playing the child version of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader em Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menacereleased on June 24, 1999 in Brazilian cinemas, Jake Lloyd was hospitalized after a “total psychotic break,” according to information from Scripps News.
As Lisa, the 35-year-old actor’s mother, told the website, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 20, with symptoms that appeared when he was in high school. “He started talking about ‘realities.’ He didn’t know if he was in this reality or a different reality. I didn’t really know exactly what to say to that.”
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One day, when her son was at school, she asked him if he finished his homework: “And he said, ‘Well, I don’t even know if I need to do this. I don’t know what reality I’m in.’ And I thought, ‘Well, you’re in my reality today, so you need to do your homework.'”
When it took Jake Lloyd to medium, he suggested how the actor could have bipolar disorder. Jake He took medication to control his symptoms, but nothing worked. When he went to college, the actor spoke to Lisa how “people followed him,” in addition to missing several classes. Furthermore, he saw people with “black eyes” staring at him on the street and talked to them. Jon Stewartpresenter of Daily Showthrough the television screen.
He did not tell us that he was hearing voices at that time. But he was.
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After dropping out of college, Jake Lloyd He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had a severe deterioration in his mental health. “When they finally told him, it totally sent him into an even worse depression. It was really hard,” his mother lamented. The condition worsened and led to anosognosia, a neurological condition that causes the patient to be unaware of or unconsciously deny the symptoms.
He thought he didn’t need to take medicine because he wasn’t sick. He thought he didn’t need to see a therapist because there was nothing wrong with him.
The recent “psychotic outbreak” happened in 2023, when Lisa took Jake home after buying food at McDonald’s: “He said he wanted to turn off the car. And he turned off the car in the middle of the three lanes and we were in the middle lane. There was a lot of yelling and screaming.”
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With the car stopped, drivers who were stuck in the middle lane called the police. When authorities questioned the actor, he responded how “nothing” he told them made any sense. Because of this, he was admitted to the hospital and transferred to a mental health center. He is currently 10 months old and has shown notable signs of improvement.
He’s much better than I expected. He’s getting along better with people and becoming a little more sociable, which is really good. It’s like having more of the old Jake back, because he was always incredibly sociable until he became schizophrenic.