Rachel Bilson expecting baby with Canada’s Hayden Christensen: report

TORONTO — Canadian actor Hayden Christensen is reportedly going to be a father.

According to US Weekly, Christensen’s longtime girlfriend, actress Rachel Bilson, is pregnant.

It will be the first child for both stars.

Christensen, who was born in Vancouver but raised near Toronto, is best known for his roles in 2002’s Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and 2005’s Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith as well as the 2001 drama Life as a House.

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Bilson, who starred on The O.C. and is currently seen on Hart of Dixie, told Cosmopolitan last year: “Having kids is something I want to see in my future — I hope.”

Christensen, 33, and Bilson, 32, met on the Toronto set of Jumper in 2007. They divide their time between a home in Los Angeles and a farm in Uxbridge, north of Toronto.

Reps for Christensen and Bilson have not confirmed the pregnancy.