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Natalie Portman appeared on “Watch What Occurs Reside” to advertise her buzzy Netflix drama “Might December” and as soon as once more instructed “Star Wars” followers that she is greater than open to reprising her function of Padmé Amidala on display screen. Portman was simply an adolescent when she landed a number one function in George Lucas’ “Star Wars” prequel trilogy. Her first entry, “The Phantom Menace,” opened in 1999 when Portman was 18 years outdated.
Requested by host Andy Cohen what it was like assembly the British royal household at “The Phantom Menace” premiere (see photograph under), Portman recalled: “I keep in mind Prince Charles, he was then Prince Charles, requested me if I used to be within the originals. I used to be like, ‘No, I’m 18!’ However he was very pleasant.”
Portman mentioned “nobody has requested” her about returning to the “Star Wars” franchise, however “I’m open to it.” She mentioned engaged on the prequel trilogy was “superb,” including, “It was the primary time I labored digitally. I don’t assume anybody was capturing that method then. It was my first time working with a inexperienced display screen. It was a complete new set of abilities to select up and a complete new world to enter.”
Padmé died in labor after giving beginning to Luke and Leia in “Revenge of the Sith,” so having Portman re-enter the franchise is likely to be troublesome. And but, the “Star Wars” franchise has a historical past of bringing again long-presumed lifeless characters (see “Phantom Menace” villain Darth Maul popping again up in “Solo”).
Taika Waititi is presently creating a brand new “Star Wars” film, and he told a widely shared story in summer season 2022 about asking Portman if she needed to star in it with out realizing she was already Padmé within the “Star Wars” universe. Waititi directed Portman in “Thor: Love and Thunder.”
“He says he did [forget] as a result of he like requested me if I needed to be in a ‘Star Wars’ film and I used to be like, ‘I used to be,’” Portman told GQ magazine earlier this yr. “I assumed he was joking. He’s such a joker that I assumed it was a joke. After which afterward he mentioned in some interview that he was like cringing afterward.”
Watch Portman’s look on “Watch What Happens Live” here. “Might December” is now streaming on Netflix.
The Prince of Wales meets with the younger star of “Star Wars : Episode 1 The Phantom Menace” Natalie Portman when he arrived for the Royal Movie Efficiency on the Odeon Leicester Sq.. (Photograph by John Stillwell – PA Pictures/PA Pictures through Getty Pictures)
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