Natalie Portman had a memorable run as Padmé Amidala in George Lucas' Star Wars prequel trilogy, and while her time as the character ended in 2005's Revenge of the Sith, rumours and theories have since persisted about the alternate role Anakin Skywalker's wife could have played in his transformation into Darth Vader.
That stems from concept art depicting the Senator confronting her husband with a knife in hand. Talking to Vanity Fair (via SFFGazette.com), Portman shared her thoughts on the possibility, revealing it was something she was never told about and not a scene filmmaker George Lucas ever had her shoot.
"Oh, that's cool," she said of there potentially being an alternate ending for Episode III which featured Padmé trying to kill Anakin. "No, no. And cool, but nope."
"It was such a big part of my life to be part of Star Wars for so many years," Portman later told the site. "I made the first one when I was 16 years old and then this one I did when I was 22. It was really wild to do green screen. It felt like a very pure form of acting, actually."
"It's like almost like when you're a kid and you're pretending that you know your refrigerator box is your rocket ship, you know, that you have to really not just create the world inside of you, but the world around you as well."
Recently, the actress confirmed she'd be willing to reprise the role in a modern Star Wars project following Hayden Christensen's recent return. Telling Andy Cohen that "no one has asked," Portman said she's "open to it" and called her time working on the Star Wars prequels "amazing."
"It was the first time I worked digitally. I don’t think anyone was shooting that way then," she adds. "It was my first time working with a green screen. It was a whole new set of skills to pick up and a whole new world to enter."
Portman played Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and was introduced in The Phantom Menace as the Queen of Naboo. In Attack of the Clones, Padmé became a Senator and embarked on a romantic relationship with Anakin Skywalker.
Her story concluded tragically in Revenge of the Sith when Padmé, now pregnant with twins, was forced to face the fall of the Galactic Republic and the transformation of Anakin into the evil Darth Vader.
You can watch the full interview with Portman in the video below.