STAR WARS: Natalie Portman Says She's "Open" To Playing Padmé Amidala Again In A Future Project

STAR WARS: Natalie Portman Says She's "Open" To Playing Padmé Amidala Again In A Future Project

Natalie Portman played Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequels, but could we see her reprise the role? The actress says she'd be "open" to it while reflecting on a bizarre encounter with King Charles...

By JoshWilding - Dec 07, 2023 04:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: SFFGazette.com

Natalie Portman first played Queen Padmé Amidala in 1999's Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, with that and Léon: The Professional responsible for putting the future Oscar-winner on the map as a young actress.

With Hayden Christensen returning as Anakin in Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka, there's been speculation about Portman also somehow showing up as Padmé again. With the Star Wars franchise making use of flashbacks, that wouldn't be too hard, and the most likely place for her to appear is in a long-overdue big or small screen Darth Vader project. 

Now, the actress has confirmed she'd be willing to reprise the role...if the phone rings. Telling Andy Cohen (via SFFGazette.com) 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."

In the same interview, Portman recalled what proved to be a bizarre meeting with King Charles at The Phantom Menace's London premiere. "I remember Prince Charles, he was then Prince Charles, asked me if I was in the originals. I was like, 'No, I’m 18!' But he was very friendly."

Earlier this year, Portman also shared a similarly peculiar interaction with filmmaker Taika Waititi on the set of Thor: Love and Thunder in which he suggested she could star in his upcoming Star Wars movie.

"He says he did [forget] because he like asked me if I wanted to be in a 'Star Wars' movie and I was like, 'I was,'" she remembered. "I thought he was joking. He’s such a joker that I thought it was a joke. And then afterward he said in some interview that he was like cringing afterward."

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.

Would you like to see Portman return to her iconic Star Wars role?

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JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 12/7/2023, 4:59 AM
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 12/7/2023, 5:19 AM
@JustAWaffle - yeah that true but the force is female so.....you know
TheDpool
TheDpool - 12/7/2023, 6:09 AM
Her appearance in a Vader series would be shattering. For Vader to grab her only for her to fade away...
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/7/2023, 7:21 AM
Would you like to see Portman return to her iconic Star Wars role?

Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 12/7/2023, 9:57 AM
NGL, she had me [frick]ed up with this look. Haunts me to this day.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 12/7/2023, 10:45 AM

Just say no to dredging up more of this old crap.

PLEASE!

bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 12/7/2023, 11:54 AM
Although I don't need to see Abeloth, I did like the theory online that if she does she takes the form of Padme to fuсk with Vader.

Also, that Taika bit is cringe indeed.
Rastarapha
Rastarapha - 12/7/2023, 12:17 PM
My queen !!!

AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 12/7/2023, 5:13 PM
Voice work sure but shes definitely aged since ROTS to play a younger version.
Timerider
Timerider - 12/13/2023, 9:14 AM
I always thought it would have been cool to see a holographic image of her at her gravesite on Naboo and Luke Skywalker goes to visit her grave and sees his mother talking and laughing. It would have been a very emotional scene.
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