Mark Hamill Has the Funniest Reaction After Finally Meeting His “Mother” Natalie Portman

Actor Mark Hamill is popularly known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise. The actor has been a part of the franchise since its inception in 1977. Actor and friend Robert Englund suggested Hamill audition for the role of Luke Skywalker, it later turned out that Hamill’s agent had already set up the audition.

The actor was honored with the Saturn Award for Best Actor given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films. Hamill recently appeared as Luke Skywalker in the Season 2 finale of The Mandalorian for which he was digitally de-aged. The actor recently encountered someone from his Star Wars world and was very pleased. Let’s find out more.

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Mark Hamill finally meets Luke Skywalker’s ‘mother’ Natalie Portman

Mark Hamill and Natalie Portman graced the red carpet at the 81st Golden Globe Awards. Where Portman was nominated for her work in May December, Hamill was one of the presenters. He presented the award for a newly introduced category Cinematic Box Office Achievement that was won by Barbie. animatedtimes.com/tag/mark-hamill

What was interesting is a picture that Mark Hamill shared on his social media alongside Natalie Portman with a caption,

“Now I have finally met my ‘mother’, thanks to Golden Globes.”

The actor has played Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise since its inception and Natalie Portman starred as Padmé Amidala in the prequel trilogy. The prequel trilogy premiered in 1999; The Phantom Menace in which Padmé Amidala was revealed as Luke and Leia’s mother.

The two actors have frequently joked that despite them being a part of the same franchise and well family ties, they have never met in person. Back in 2018 when the Star Wars X account wished Natalie Portman on her birthday, Hamill quoted and shared with fans,

“Fun Fact: I’ve never met this woman.”

Portman who appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert shared

“It’s such a shame. I would love to meet him. Mark, I’d love to meet you. Where are you? Come over.”

Upon asking if she would ever like to return to the franchise, the actress shared with GQ, that she is open to it but no one has ever asked her to return.

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Natalie Portman calls method acting ‘luxury women can’t afford’

The actress who has been gaining praise for her work in May December recently during an interview with Wall Street Journal Magazine spoke about method acting. She reveals

“I’ve gotten very into roles, but I think it’s honestly a luxury that women can’t afford. I don’t think that children or partners would be very understanding of you know, me making everyone call me Jackie Kennedy all the time.”

The actress has however trained for months and went on a diet to portray her character in Black Swan. She notes that she doesn’t go too deep and she can differentiate herself from her character.

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Portman’s statement about method acting comes after Carey Mulligan’s recent comments about the same. She shared in a cover story interview with Variety, that she never tried method acting until very recently when she starred in Maestro. She said,

“There was a part of me as an actor that always felt like, ‘Well, I’m never going to be one of those actors that keeps their dialect in between takes. There was a part of me that was slightly held back, or maybe nervous of completely committing to something. But that was what Bradley asked, basically at the beginning of the process.”

She continued,

“He asked, ‘If you’re going to do this, you just have to fully, fully do it.’ When he said that, I was like, ‘Okay, I’m going to absolutely do it. I’m going to do all the research. I’m going to do all the dialect stuff. I’m going to do everything so that when I get on set I am 100% able to just feel like I’m onstage and have that sense of ‘I don’t remember what happened’”.

The actress was appreciated for her performance in Maestro which is a biographical romantic drama centered around the relationship between Leonard Bernstein and wife Felicia Montealegre.

May December and Maestro are streaming on Netflix.