Natalie Portman looks back on her days on Star Wars , including her brief encounter with King Charles at the film's premiere.
On December 4, Portman stopped by "Watch What Happens Live" to promote Netflix's "May 12" . During the show, host Andy Cohen asked her about her meeting with the British monarch at the 1999 London premiere of Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace .
"I remember Prince Charles, who was still Prince Charles at the time, asking me if I was in the original book," Portman recalled. “I was like, ‘No, I’m 18!’ But he was so nice.”
Nine years later, Portman met the then-Prince Charles again, this time at the 2008 premiere of "The Other Boleyn Girl" in London's Leicester Square.
Portman is 'open' to more Star Wars
Portman played Padmé Amidala in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy, including 1999's "The Phantom Menace ," 2002's "Attack of the Clones " and 2005's "Death of the Sith." Revenge" .
Portman also said on "Watch What Happens Live" that "no one is asking" her to return to the "Star Wars" franchise, although she's "open to it," calling the sci-fi prequel trilogy " Amazing."
"This was my first time working digitally. I don't think anyone was shooting like that at the time," she recalls. "This was my first time working with a green screen. It was a whole new set of skills to learn and a whole new world to enter."
Director Taika Waititi, who is currently working on the next Star Wars movie, revealed to Rolling Stone in 2022 that he asked Portman if she would star in the franchise but forgot about it She has been cast as Padmé Amidala.
Recalling the awkward encounter, Portman told GQ : "I thought he was joking. He was such a joker that I thought it was a joke. He later said in an interview that he cringed afterward."
