Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: George Lucas, Rick McCallum, nomutungamiriri wokusarudza vatambi Robin Gurland vakaedza vatambi vanopfuura 200 nokuda kwebasa raPadmé Amidala. Vakasarudza mutambi ane makore 16 okukura Natalie Portman kutamba basa racho. Maererano neThe Phantom Menace production notes, "Basa racho raida mukadzi wechiduku aigona kuva anotendeseka semutongi wepasi iroro, asi panguva imwe chete ari panjodzi uye akazaruka". Kuita kwaPortman muThe Professional (1994) uye Beautiful Girls (1996) kwakafadza Lucas. Akati, "Ndaitsvaka mumwe munhu wechiduku, akasimba, akafanana naLeia. Natalie aiva neunhu hwose ihwohwo uye humwewo. "Portman ndiye akanga ari munhu akasarudzwa nokuti akanga asingazivi nezveStar Wars. "Vazukuru vangu vakanga vagara vachida chaizvo mafirimu acho, asi ndakanga ndisati ndambovaona ndisati ndawana basa racho", anodaro. "Apo zvose izvi zvakaitika kwandiri, hama dzangu dzakanga dzichiti, 'Haiwa, Mwari wangu, muri muStar Wars!'" Akaudza CNN mubvunzurudzo, "Ini chaizvoizvo ndakanga ndisingazivi kuti hurukuro yakakura sei Star Wars yakanga iri... uye pandakaona mafirimu, ndaifarira chaizvo, asi ini ndakanga ndisati ndanyatsonzwisisa kuti vangani... vaive vateveri vane shungu vemufirimu uyu". Zvisinei, Portman akanga achifara zvikuru kuti akanga apiwa basa rokuva mambokadzi weNaboo, unhu hwaaifunga kuti hwaizova muenzaniso: "Zvaifadza kutamba mambokadzi wechiduku ane simba rakawanda kudaro. Ndinofunga kuti zvichava zvakanaka kuti vakadzi vaduku vaone mukadzi akasimba wechiito uyo akachenjerawo uye mutungamiri. "MuThe Phantom Menace, Portman aifanira kuratidzira unhu huduku kudarika iye. Zvisinei, muAttack of the Clones, unhu hwake hwakanga hwava nemakore gumi. Portman akanga akwegura namakore matatu bedzi pakati pamafirimu maviri. Anoti, "[Lucas] anoda kuva nechokwadi chokuti ndinoratidzika kuva mukuru kupfuura Anakin muAttack of the Clones, saka zvinotendwa kuti ndinogona kumudzora, uye anotya zvishoma. Anomutarisa somukomana muduku <unk> kanenge kwehafu yokutanga yefirimu. "Portman akasaina chibvumirano chokutamba Padmé mumafirimu matatu epakutanga. Mhinduro dzavakwikwidzi kumitambo yake dzaive dzakaipa zvakanyanya. James Berardinelli akadana kutamba kwake muThe Phantom Menace "kusina kunaka",...  Mubvunzo: vatambi vangani vakaedza kutamba padme amidala?
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