Registered: Apr 2005
Location: Massachusettes, United States
Why Padme had no action sequences
Couldn't think where this would go if anywhere else sorry link it etc. etc. etc.
Portman's Pregnancy Made To Measure
19 May 2005 (WENN)
Screen siren Natalie Portman was sad to turn her back on action sequences in the final Star Wars movie Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith, because her character Padme Amidala is pregnant with Anakin Skywalker's twins. The Garden State beauty accepted the challenge of seeing out her sci-fi role by sporting a strap-on bump to simulate Padme's different stages of pregnancy. Despite her regret at having to take a more pedestrian role, Portman is aware action sequences featuring a pregnant woman would have upset lots of viewers. The 23-year-old tells Empire magazine, "There's definitely a lot less action for me. It would be kind of ridiculous to have a pregnant woman doing that. Not to mention unethical." On her prosthetic attachment, Portman adds, "There were a couple of different sizes. I think they made the bump to my measurements, but I didn't have to have, like, a cast made of my stomach. They made it for my proportions, because having a six-foot girl's bump would have looked kind of ridiculous on me."
Registered: Apr 2005
Location: Massachusettes, United States
I know but a lot of people have complained that her role was ruined because she had all sorts of action in the other two films so she was an underused character and it was poor writing etc. etc.
A lot of people seem to think that having a pregnant woman in action scenes is empowering and all that bull-shit. Bottom line is it would be completly out of place in the movie.
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May 21st, 2005 02:18 PM
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