xhonzi said:

Hoth-Nudist said:

He should have hired an actress that knew and loved SW, an actress that wanted to throw herself into the role with passion.

This never seems to be the case. Look at all of the comic book movies being made where the director has the passion for the character and the actors have to google the name as soon as they get the part.

Maybe, maybe not. But I havent seen a comic movie with a lead actress' performance that was as bad as Portmans. Portmans was the worst and she didnt want to be there. And what an aweful time to pick such a shoddy performance, during the most anticipated films of all time. Your point reminds me of the x-men movies though. Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, and Famke Jansen werent too familiar with x-men prior to their filming, but they fell in love with it and even read some comics. And they loved their job and wanted to be there, and their performances were great for 3 movies. Not Natalie's though. A good actor/actress will read the script, research the role and mentally prepare himself/herself for the performance. Thats Luca$s' fault for hiring Natalie, and Natalie's for not being professional.