Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: George Lucas, Rick McCallum, da kuma darektan 'yan wasan Robin Gurland sun yi wa' yan wasan kwaikwayo sama da 200 don rawar Padmé Amidala. Sun zabi 'yar wasan kwaikwayo mai shekaru 16 Natalie Portman don taka rawa. Dangane da bayanan samar da The Phantom Menace, "Aikin ya buƙaci wata budurwa wacce za a iya yarda da ita a matsayin mai mulkin wannan duniyar, amma a lokaci guda ta kasance mai rauni da buɗewa". Ayyukan Portman a cikin The Professional (1994) da Beautiful Girls (1996) sun burge Lucas. Ya ce, "Ina neman wanda yake matashi, mai ƙarfi, kamar Leia. Natalie ta ƙunshi duk waɗannan halaye da ƙari. "Portman zaɓi ne na musamman saboda ba ta da masaniya game da Star Wars. " 'Yan uwana sun shaƙu da fina-finai, duk da haka ban taɓa ganin su ba kafin na sami rawar", in ji ta. "Sa'ad da hakan ya faru da ni, 'yan'uwana suna cewa, 'Ya Allahna, kana cikin Star Wars!'" Ta gaya wa mai tambayoyin CNN, "Ba ni da masaniya game da yadda babban yarjejeniyar Star Wars yake... kuma lokacin da na ga fina-finai, ina son su sosai, amma har yanzu ban fahimci yadda mutane da yawa... suka kasance masu sha'awar wannan fim ba". Portman, duk da haka, ta yi farin ciki da aka jefa ta a matsayin sarauniyar Naboo, halin da ta yi tsammanin zai zama abin koyi: "Abin farin ciki ne a yi wasa da wata budurwa sarauniya da irin wannan iko. Ina tsammanin zai yi kyau ga 'yan mata su ga mace mai karfi da aiki wanda kuma yana da basira da jagora. "A cikin The Phantom Menace, Portman ya nuna wani hali da ya fi ƙarami fiye da kanta. A cikin Attack of the Clones, duk da haka, halinta ya tsufa shekaru 10. Portman ya tsufa ne kawai shekaru uku tsakanin fina-finai biyu. Ta yi tsokaci, "[Lucas] yana son tabbatar da cewa na fi Anakin tsufa a cikin Attack of the Clones, don haka yana da tabbas cewa zan iya yi masa umarni, kuma yana ɗan jin tsoro. Ta dube shi a matsayin ƙaramin yaro <unk> aƙalla rabin farkon fim ɗin. "Portman ya sanya hannu kan kwangila don yin wasan Padmé a cikin fina-finai uku na prequel. Ra'ayoyin da masu sukar suka yi game da wasan kwaikwayonta sun kasance da mummunan ra'ayi. James Berardinelli ya kira aikinta a cikin The Phantom Menace "rashin haske, "...  Tambaya: 'Yan wasan mata nawa ne suka yi kokarin taka rawar padme amidala?
'Yan wasan kwaikwayo 200