walking_carpet said:
Hoth-Nudist said:
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.
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.
Hey Hoth-Nudist - i remember you from when I was lurking in TFN's basher's sanctuary many years ago :) hope to see if binary_sunset posts here!
To you last point - The problem with this is that there was no role to research. Even if Natalie asked lucas a bunch of questions, she wouldn't get any answers (kinda like what terence stamp tried for Valorum). By the time of AOTC, it was obvious to anyone with an IQ above room temperature that padme's only purpose in the PT was so someone can give birth to luke and leia. She exists because she has a uterus.
Everything else - being a queen, senator, marrying anakin, etc - was pitifully contrived in order to create something that resembled a character in the most superficial sense. And what was once a touching moment in ROTJ is now a hysterical plot hole.
I believe that the real reason why lucas is one of the most secretive filmmakers is not because he wants to protect the storylines, but rather he did not want anyone to know that there was no multi-episode saga and everything was made up.
I also find natalie to be a grossly overrated actress and not the wunderkind everyone has made her out to be. But one thing i respected about her was she seemed pretty choosy in her roles (at least when she was younger). it wouldn't surprise me that her attitude was the result of realizing how pathetic her non-character was and being completely appalled about it.
Hey Walking_carpet! Glad ur here dude! Im so glad to be away from TF.net. This site allows free speech! LOL! I havnt heard from Binary in years, but hope he'll find his way here.
I think u make a good point. IMO I think Portman should've studied and honed in Carrie Fisher's performances in the OOT. They were close to the same age for their respective trilogies. Portman's research was basically renting and watching the OOT on a weekend. Im right there with you on feeling that Natalie is grossly overrated. IMO the movie "brothers" with Tobey Mcguire and Jake Gyllenhaal(sp) is her best performance, but yet again was outshined by her costars.