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Natalie Portman Reveals How She Really Feels About Those Star Wars Prequels

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Natalie Portman has insisted she feels “blessed” to have been part of the Star Wars franchise.

The Oscar winner appeared as Padmé Amidala in the three prequel films in what’s come to be known as the “Skywalker saga”, beginning with 1999’s The Phantom Menace and ending with 2005’s Revenge Of The Sith.

Speaking to Total Film, Natalie said she felt Star Wars is something she feels “extraordinarily lucky thing to have been part of”.

“I know how meaningful it is for people. And, every day, still, people are like, ‘I just watched it with my kids’,” she explained.

“To be part of something like that that’s part of that cultural mythology, and part of people’s childhoods, in such a vibrant way, is so, so lucky.”

Natalie Portman in The Phantom Menace
Natalie Portman in The Phantom Menace

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However, the Black Swan actor admitted that not all of her Star Wars memories are good ones, namely down to the fact the prequel trilogy didn’t exactly get the warmest reception from fans at the time.

“The reaction to them when they came out, being as harsh at it was – it was hard,” Natalie recalled.

“And obviously, over time they’ve gained more appreciation, which has been nice, to always feel the balm of time. But, yeah, I feel very blessed to have been part of that, at that moment in my life.”

The stars of Star Wars Episode III
The stars of Star Wars Episode III

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Natalie was just 18 when Episode I in the Star Wars saga hit cinemas, and she’s since gone on to win acclaim for films like Closer, Black Swan and Jackie, all of which earned her Academy Awards recognition, as well as last year’s May December.

Following her stint in Star Wars, Natalie also joined another major franchise when she joined Marvel’s Thor universe as Jane Foster.

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The Critics Have Spoken… So, How Does Inside Out 2 Measure Up To The Beloved Original Film?

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One of the most beloved Pixar films in the studio’s history is getting a sequel, with Inside Out 2 hitting cinemas this weekend.

The new movie takes us back into the mind of a now 13-year-old Riley and the mission control centre of emotions inside her head.

However, this time around, there’s a whole host of new feelings added into the mix, thanks to the help of a stellar expanded cast, including The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri as Envy, Stranger Things’ Maya Hawke as Anxiety and Passages’ Adèle Exarchopoulos as Ennui.

The first reviews for Inside Out 2 have been hugely positive, praising the sequel for living up to the magic of the first film. That being said, others have said that it’s missing a certain spark that made the original so popular.

Here’s a sample of what critics have had to say so far…

“Inside Out 2 glimmers with diamond-hard truths about the complex business of being a human being – especially a teenage human being – but it’s still a fast-paced and playful comedy adventure with even more jokes and more puns than Inside Out.”

“Through this decade so far, Pixar’s films have held great ideas that haven’t quite reached their full potential. This is probably its best film since Coco, and best sequel since Toy Story 3.”

“It’s a lovely sequel, without a trace of cynicism to it, that also by necessity lacks a little of the freshness and originality of 2022’s Turning Red or 2021’s Luca…What was once a lesson in the necessity of negative emotions, such as sadness, has now matured into its second stage: a bittersweet, tear-jerking reminder that we’re better, more rounded people when we embrace our flaws and insecurities.”

Inside Out 2 reintroduces us to Riley as a 13-year-old
Inside Out 2 reintroduces us to Riley as a 13-year-old

“Wanting Inside Out 2 to match the first movie was always set to be an unlikely challenge as it was such a unique concept. What the sequel does achieve is being a worthy follow-up that expands the world with brilliant tweaks to the concept, as well as delivering witty gags that simplify big ideas.”

“New feelings propel a Pixar sequel enchanting enough to second that emotion… Inside Out 2 marks a triumphant creative return for Pixar, bringing off the thing that this studio, at its best, has done better than anyone: finding the sweet spot that merges the gaze of children and adults.”

“Pixar has been good at tackling thorny emotional terrain in an accessible, translatable-for-all-ages way since Buzz first met Woody. When Inside Out went the extra step of giving us a literalized emotional terrain and rendering everything with such a heart-rending wallop, it lifted the bar that much higher. Inside Out 2 makes good on that film’s promise by making good on its next-step premise.”

“After a period of some ups and more downs, Pixar can at least boast of following up one of their later classics respectfully. [Inside Out 2] deserves the healthy audiences it will surely stir up.”

“Delightful sequel set in turbulent early adolescence…The message of Inside Out 2 is as universal and good-hearted as that of its predecessor: You might not know from one minute to the next what emotion is driving a teenage mind, but every messy part of the mechanism has both function and beauty.”

Inside Out 2 welcomes new emotions into the fold
Inside Out 2 welcomes new emotions into the fold

“There are some laughs, but it sees the teen transition in terms of a moral crisis, of abandoning and then reclaiming the niceness of childhood innocence; it’s a little bit convoluted and repetitive and, in its sanitised, Disneyfied way, this film can’t quite bring itself to mention the most important new teen emotion of all. Have the grown-ups in charge of this film really forgotten?”

IGN (7/10)

“While its chaotic new cast serves a clear purpose, Inside Out 2 is more metaphor than meaning. It explains plenty about the confusing emotions associated with puberty, often in intelligent ways, but it rarely lets them be felt or experienced, the way its predecessor did.”

“Pixar’s talky, uneventful sequel doesn’t have much fun in mind… Battle-weary parents of surly teens will have some fun here and there, especially when Ennui’s blasé influence opens up a ‘sar-chasm’ in Riley’s brain that makes everything sound, well, sarcastic. But, when all’s said and done, the stakes are so minor, it’s hard to imagine anyone will leave this desperate to see an Inside Out 3.”

“All brains and no heart, this disappointing sequel proves Pixar learned all the wrong lessons from its pandemic years… Pixar’s obsession with universal relatability results in another movie that feels more like a corporate spreadsheet than a glimpse into a real person’s brain.”

Inside Out 2 comes to UK cinemas on Friday 14 June.

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Matt Bomer Says He Lost Out On A Massive Superhero Role After He Was Outed As Gay

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Matt Bomer has claimed he lost out on the role of a lifetime after being outed as gay.

The US actor – who is known for films like Magic Mike and The Normal Heart, as well as the TV show Fellow Travelers – has said he was in the running for the lead role in DC’s scrapped film Superman: Flyby in the early 2000s.

“It looked like I was the director’s choice for the role,” Matt claimed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, revealing he went as far as signing “a three-picture deal at Warner Bros.” to play the iconic superhero.

However, the film ultimately became one of the several axed Superman films in the hiatus between 1987’s Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and 2006’s Superman Returns.

While Matt came out as gay publicly in 2012, he himself is unsure of the exact circumstances around how he was outed earlier in his career, though believes it contributed to him missing out on the role.

Asked whether he believes his sexual orientation affected that outcome, Matt shared: “Yeah, that’s my understanding.”

He continued: “That was a time in the industry when something like that could still really be weaponised against you. How, and why, and who, I don’t know.”

Matt even left his role playing Ben Reade on the CBS soap Guiding Light, which he starred in between 2002 and 2003, for the Superman audition process.

“I went in on a cattle call for Superman, [which] turned into a one-month audition experience where I was auditioning again and again and again,” he said.

Superman: Flyby was eventually scrapped, with Brandon Routh playing the Man Of Steel in 2006's Superman Returns
Superman: Flyby was eventually scrapped, with Brandon Routh playing the Man Of Steel in 2006’s Superman Returns

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The Superman film in question was an early version of a new instalment in the franchise penned by The Force Awakens co-writer and director J.J. Abrams.

Paul Walker, Josh Hartnett and Brendan Fraser were just some of the stars reportedly considered for the new Superman role, before the movie was ultimately shelved.

Matt did eventually lend his voice to Superman in the 2013 animated direct-to-video film Superman: Unbound, along with another recent role voicing The Flash in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One.

Most recently, the American Horror Story star appeared opposite Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey in the 2023 miniseries Fellow Travelers, which follows two men who fall for each other during a volatile period in America’s history.

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9 Roles You’d Probably Forgotten Glen Powell Played Before Hit Man

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Glen Powell is the leading man dominating Hollywood right now.

After a string of high-profile performances in Top Gun: Maverick, Anyone But You and his latest film Hit Man, which is now streaming on Netflix, it seems we’re truly reaching peak Glen popularity.

But while the actor has only been able to show off his leading star charisma in the last few years, he’s actually been on the acting scene longer than you might realise.

Here are 11 roles you’d probably forgotten seeing him in…

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

Glen Powell in the third Spy Kids movie
Glen Powell in the third Spy Kids movie

Watching the Spy Kids films is a core childhood memory for many of us, so it’s no surprise we all lost our minds after finding out that Meghan Trainor was married to an all grown up star Daryl Sabara. But did you remember that Glen Powell was also part of the franchise?

That’s right, Glen actually landed his first film role at the age of 13 playing “Long-Fingered Boy” in the hit kids’ franchise. He once told The Hollywood Reporter that shooting for the film was “one of the best days of my whole life”.

Fast Food Nation (2006)

Glen was still a teenager when he appeared briefly in Richard Linklater’s satirical mockumentary about the fast food industry, which featured an impressive cast of Bruce Willis, Greg Kinnear and Paul Dano.

While he only played a minor character, Glen clearly impressed the director as it marked the first in a series of collaborations together (more on those later!) including his new film Hit Man.

“He’s the guy in all his movies where you go, ‘Hey, who’s that guy?’” the director recently shared (as reported by the Austin Chronicle), as Glen was being inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame.

The Great Debaters (2007)

The Great Debaters was one of Glen's earliest films
The Great Debaters was one of Glen’s earliest films

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Directed by and starring Denzel Washington and produced by Oprah Winfrey, The Great Debaters told the story of the first African-American debate team to compete against a white college in the South, ultimately going on to face Harvard. Glen appeared briefly towards the end of the movie as one of the (immaculately groomed, it has to be said) Harvard Debaters.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Glen revealed that, just moments before the red carpet for the film (his first ever, at that) it was Denzel who helped convince him to move out to Los Angeles, and really give acting a shot.

CSI: Miami (2009)

A guest role in CSI is nothing to turn your nose up at as a rising actor in Hollywood.

Glen appeared briefly on the 12th episode of season seven of CSI: Miami, titled Head Case. He played a military man called Logan Crawford, who was the only surviving member of a family tragedy.

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Glen Powell faces up to Bane in The Dark Knight Rises
Glen Powell faces up to Bane in The Dark Knight Rises

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What actor wouldn’t want the honour of being on the receiving end of a terrifying Tom Hardy tantrum? You might remember Glen played a stock trader in Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film, who takes a bit of a beating from Bane.

“As soon as Bane showed up on set, there was this electricity of being a part of something that you know everybody in the world wanted to be a part of,” Glen told IMDB.

The Expendables 3 (2014)

Can you spot Glen Powell in this sea of A-listers?
Can you spot Glen Powell in this sea of A-listers?

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Given the roles we all know him for now, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Glen Powell was cast in the most Hollywood action franchise there is.

Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger were just some of the A-listers who Glen shared the credits of the blockbuster with, in which he played combat veteran and hacker Thorn.

Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)

Glen Powell in his second Richard Linklater film Everybody Wants Some!!
Glen Powell in his second Richard Linklater film Everybody Wants Some!!

Now, if you’re a Richard Linklater fan, you’re probably already well aware that Glen played Finnegan in the director’s film about an off-campus college house of unruly baseball players, set in the 1980s.

Clearly, it was just another stepping stone before he finally took the lead in the director’s most recent film

Hidden Figures (2016)

Glen Powell with Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson and Janelle Monáe in Hidden Figures
Glen Powell with Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson and Janelle Monáe in Hidden Figures

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Glen played real-life astronaut and former US senator John Glenn in the Oscar-nominated film starring Octavia Spencer, Taraji P Henson and Janelle Monáe.

The film followed the three African-American mathematicians who played pivotal roles in a historic space launch back in 1962.

But the film isn’t all happy memories for Glen, after he recently claimed that he “puked” in the bushes after his first rough cut viewing because he worried he’d ruined the movie.

The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)

Glen Powell and Lily James share a kiss in The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society
Glen Powell and Lily James share a kiss in The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society

Glen Powell and Guernsey aren’t two things our mind would immediately put together, but with Mike Newell (Four Weddings And A Funeral, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire) directing this adaptation of the 2007 bestselling book, it was a big draw for the actor.

He played Mark Reynolds, an American who is engaged to Juliet Ashton (played by Lily James), before she gets drawn into the society and their relationship falls apart.

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Jeremy Renner Finally Explains The Real Reason He Left The Mission: Impossible Franchise

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Jeremy Renner had a pretty good reason to exit the Mission: Impossible franchise.

“I had to leave that,” the actor told Collider in an interview published on Monday. “I was supposed to do more with them. I love those guys. I love Tom [Cruise] so much. We had so much fun, and I love that character a lot.”

However, he noted that making the films “requires a lot of time away”.

“It’s all in London,” he added. “I had to go be a dad.”

Jeremy had starred as William Brandt in 2011′s Ghost Protocol and 2015′s Rogue Nation amid reports that he might replace Tom Cruise as the Mission: Impossible lead.

But Renner left the action film series before its highest-grossing entry, 2018′s Fallout. Director Christopher McQuarrie said at the time that a scheduling conflict had prevented Jeremy from appearing in the film.

Speaking to Collider, though the actor emphasised that reprising his role “just wasn’t gonna work out then” since he was raising a young child, Ava Berlin Renner.

“Maybe now that my daughter is older that could happen,” Jeremy said. “I’d always jump into a Mission: Impossible anytime and back into Brandt. It’s great.”

Jeremy Renner and Tom Cruise pictured together in 2011
Jeremy Renner and Tom Cruise pictured together in 2011

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The first Mission: Impossible movie was released in 1996, and although it was a hit, later entries turned the franchise into a bona fide box-office behemoth.

Not only has Mission: Impossible raked in billions worldwide, but helped make Tom Cruise perhaps the most famous Hollywood star turned stuntman with his death-defying showstoppers.

Meanwhile, in the years following Rogue Nation, Jeremy would continue to appear as the superhero Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

He proved to be a real-life superhero at the start of 2023 when he reportedly prevented a snowplough from hitting his nephew.

Though the actor nearly died in the incident, he recently told late night host Jimmy Fallon that it taught him some valuable lessons.

“I won’t have a bad day for the rest of my life,” he said. “It’s impossible.”

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Hugh Jackman Spills On ‘Hardest Bit’ Of Preparation For His Wolverine Return

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Hugh Jackman has opened up about the “hardest” adjustment he made while gearing up to play Wolverine again this summer.

The Australian actor — who stars alongside Ryan Reynolds in the upcoming superhero film Deadpool & Wolverine — told People magazine that he was pumped to prepare for his big screen return as the iconic mutant.

“My body was a little sore at the beginning, but I was thrilled that my body was still responding. And I realised how good it is for your brain. But the hardest bit… the food,” said Hugh, who initially decided that he’d retire from playing Wolverine after Logan in 2017.

Hugh, who shared a snapshot of his apparent 8,000-calorie diet days on social media early last year, acknowledged that he had to “eat a lot” for the role.

“For me, for my body type, I’m naturally skinny. To get the size on, that’s the hardest bit. That’s the bit that does my head in,” said the Greatest Showman star, who previously told CNN’s Chris Wallace that he’d make it his “job” to train for the part in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Ryan noted that five or six meals a day might sound “great” to some people.

“But it’s not like the type of food that you would really necessarily enjoy,” he said.

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Ryan, who is set to star in his third Deadpool movie, noted to People that he “couldn’t believe” Hugh’s change in physicality.

“Just the sheer relentlessness that you dedicated yourself towards stunts, choreography. It was the first time I’d ever seen how invaluable a background in song and dance is when you are doing an action movie,” he said.

Ryan continued: “You hit your marks in those fight scenes with speed and confidence, the likes of which I have never seen. I don’t care if you were 25, 35, 45 or 55. It was lightning.”

Deadpool & Wolverine is set to hit cinemas on July 26.

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