Returning to Star Wars for a day is almost a ritual for the actors of the saga. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford did the characters of the original trilogy. Daisy Ridley is about to follow in their footsteps. So did Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen, the two stars of the prequel. And finally, all that’s missing is Natalie Portman!
Good thing the Oscar-winning Black Swan actor is up for it…even if Star Wars almost destroyed his career! Indeed, in 2001, when it became a standout for the Broadway stage adaptation Seagull Directed by Mike Nichols in Chekhov, Nobody Wants to Hire an Actor. Her career was ultimately saved thanks to the late director, as she revealed in a 2014 interview with New York Magazine.
“Star Wars was coming out at the time of The Seagull and everyone thought I was a terrible actor. I was in the highest grossing film of the decade and no director wanted to work with me. Mike wrote a letter to Anthony Minghella saying, “Bring it back to Cold Mountain, I’ll guarantee it.” Then Anthony passed me on to Tom Tykwer, who passed me on to the Wachowskis.”
Natalie Portman She subsequently received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Closer in 2004, directed by Mike Nichols Rightfully so, six years later she won the title of best actress for her role black Swan.
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I’m ready to go back to the star world
Last month, when he was a guest on the show Watch what’s happening live to promote his new film in May in December, Natalie Portman said, that “No one asked him“He wanted to come back to Star Wars, but he was open to the call if Lucasfilm offered it to him.
“I’m open to it”said the actor, recalling that his experience in the previous trilogy was “incredible”. “It was my first time working digitally. I don’t think anyone took it that way then. I worked on green screen for the first time. It was a whole new set of skills to learn and entering a whole new world and also obviously the whole Star Wars mythology that the whole country lives on. Being a part of that is awesome.“
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Natalie Portman First appeared as Padme Amidala Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace in 1999. The character met a tragic end in Revenge of the Sith in 2005, but not before giving birth to the famous Luke and Leia. Although Padme’s death is permanent, Lucasfilm has proven over time that nothing is impossible in the saga, even if it seems difficult.
Taika Waititi offers Natalie Portman a Star Wars role
When Thor: Love And Thunder comes out in 2022, the actor revealed that director Taika Waititi asked him to appear in his next Star Wars project… without remembering that he starred in the prequel!
“He says he forgot because he asked me if I wanted to be in a Star Wars movie and I said, “I was.”The actor told GQ. “I thought he was joking. He is such a joke that I thought he was a joke. And then he said in an interview that he brushed his teeth afterwards.“
Natalie Portman can be seen in May in December, currently showing at a theater near you.
Watch his interview with Watch What Happens Live below:
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