Natalie Portman Bows To 'Your Highness'
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I really enjoy Natalie Portman when she cuts loose and has some fun (albeit not in that Manic Pixie Dream Girl sort of way) outside of her dramatic indie fare. So color me happy that she's just signed onto a comedy. It's not just any comedy either, as Variety reports that she's joined Your Highness, the medieval farce starring James Franco and Danny McBride. As you might remember, Your Highness teams McBride and Franco back up with their Pinapple Express director, David Gordon Green. McBride (who penned the script with Ben Best) plays an arrogant, lazy prince who teams up with his brother (played by Franco) to complete a quest, save the kingdom, and Franco's fiancee. Portman will play "a warrior princess" that McBride's prince falls in love with. So, you know what this means -- Portman will be clad in strategically placed leather and chainmail, and that sound you heard was the lustful groan of a million fanboys imagining her doing high kicks. Well played, McBride. Well played.
The film begins shooting this July in Ireland. As you wait for the first photos to emerge from production, you can start Photoshopping Xena: Warrior Princess and Red Sonja outfits on Portman, and see how close fantasy matches reality.
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5-30-2009 @ 11:16PM
pete thomson said...
I really really really loath Natalie Portman as an actress she is wooden beyond belief. She is a mark of poor quality and I would actively not go an see a movie she was in. I would be surprised if anybody could mention a recent decent movie she has done and was good in-and dont mention V for Vendetta cause that was ages ago now, apart from the CGI of the Houses of Parliment going up it was mediocre and flawed.
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5-31-2009 @ 10:53AM
Emily said...
Err... I dunno. Heat? Leon: The Professional? She was pretty ok in Garden State and Closer, I think.
Admittedly, being in the Star Wars prequels pretty much ruins everything she's ever done.
5-31-2009 @ 12:34PM
Pingles said...
I think if you check out her imdb list of movies you'll be able to find quite a few where she shined as an actress.
Granted, she's not a surefire performer but definitely not a "bad" actress.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000204/
5-31-2009 @ 4:27PM
jam said...
Well I like her. At least she the kinda actor that actually wants to act, if that makes any sense at all... She takes her acting seriously, i think. yeah, I'm sure she does.
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6-26-2009 @ 5:02AM
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