The whole general situation of making both characters absurdly young compared to what people had expected
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
I think Lucas never really intended the age difference to be more than 3-4 years, but Portman acts so much more mature than Lloyd that the notion of these two ever hooking up at any age seems grossly inappropriate
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Replying to @Elpico72 @BootlegGirl and
It's a five year gap, he's 9 and she's 14 Which is one of those things that becomes less and less of an issue as both parties age, but when they actually hook up at the age of 19 and 24 is still pretty iffy
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Elpico72 and
And yeah the age gap was bigger irl in TPM - Lloyd was actually 8 but Portman was 16 - which doesn't help As Lucas helpfully reminded us re: Marion, there's a pretty big difference between 14 and 16
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Elpico72 and
Portman was 18 in 1999, though I suppose she was younger during filming. And as has already been said, she played the role so much older. I spent most of the film being weirded out that these two people were eventually going to have sex.
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Replying to @NussbaumAbigail @Elpico72 and
Most of the principal photography was two years before release with an unusually long post-production (which at the time was said to be because the FX were so state of the art and now seems more like damage control)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NussbaumAbigail and
And yeah I mean she has to play older because this 14-year-old is supposed to be the elected ruler of an entire planet The whole thing is nuts
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NussbaumAbigail and
So what, she formed an exploratory committee when she was 12? She spent eighth grade traveling the globe campaigning and meeting with donors?
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NussbaumAbigail and
I just looked it up and it says she got her start as the wunderkind Mayor of Theed, the planetary capital, at the age of 12 Oh man she's Mayor Pete
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NussbaumAbigail and
If she were Mayor Pete some very important plot points would be very different Also, that implies she signed up for and fought in the Naboo Army at 8
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Only as an intel consultant because she spoke all those languages
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