She dazzled critics in The Diary of Anne Frank on Broadway. And she already has picked a college to attend next year. She was accepted at Harvard and Yale. Portman herself had to play catch-up with the facts of the hugely popular space opera. She never saw the three earlier Star Wars films until she was signed for the prequel.
Most people are appalled by that.
But it's not the type of movie I would normally go to see. And they came out when I was really young. Dirty Dancing . It doesn't bother her that Menace is mainly a boy's fantasy. I think it's really exciting to be the only girl.